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520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods

Paleontologists have identified the earliest-known cephalopod equipped with a siphuncle -- a tubular extension of the mantle found in shelled cephalopods -- pushing back the fossil record of this key evolutionary feature to the Early Cambrian, roughly 520 million years ago. The post 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods appeared first on Sci.News:…

520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods

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