University of Kansas: Paper Offers Glimpse of 500-Million-Year-Old Sea Worm Named After 'Dune' Monster
August 03, 2023
August 03, 2023
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 3 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the "Spence Shale Lagerstatte" have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now.
When she found the fossil, Rhiannon LaVine, a research associate with the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, was part of a team camping and carrying out fieldwork in the H . . .
Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the "Spence Shale Lagerstatte" have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now.
When she found the fossil, Rhiannon LaVine, a research associate with the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, was part of a team camping and carrying out fieldwork in the H . . .