[Rockhounds] Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push back origins of vertebrates (Marjum Limestone, Utah)

[Paul]

Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push
back origins of vertebrates, including humans
Rare fossil “looks like it died yesterday”

by Amanda Heidt, Science, July 6, 2023
https://www.science.org/content/article/half-billion-year-old-sea-squirt-could-push-back-origins-vertebrates-including-humans


The open access paper is:

Nanglu, K., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Weaver, J.C. et al.
A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of
the ascidiacean body plan. Nat Commun 14, 3832
(2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39012-4
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39012-4

Yours,

Paul H.