Tag Archive for 'Tentacle'

Depiction of Paleocanna tentaculum individuals living in single tubes, as well as clusters of two or three tubes attached together. Image credit: Ramirez-Guerrero et al., doi: 10.1017/jpa.2025.10211.

450-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Strange, Tube-Dwelling Jellyfish Relative

Apr 21, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of soft-bodied, tubicolous polyp medusozoan from well-preserved specimens found about 50 km northeast...

The 99-million-year-old amber piece containing the fossil tapeworm (long tentacle) and other inclusions: (A-B) the overall view of the amber piece; (C) gleicheniacean trichomes; (D) scale insect nymph; (E) sand grains. Scale bars - 2 mm in (A,B), 0.1 mm in (C-E). Image credit: Luo et al., doi: 10.1130/G52071.1.

Ancient Marine Tapeworm Found Encased in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Mar 27, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and elsewhere have found a partial body fossil...