A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs ...

Meet Mosura fentoni, a bizarre 506-million-year-old "sea-moth" with three eyes, claws, and an abdomen full of gills.

A newly discovered arthropod fossil, Mosura fentoni, has preserved eyes, nerves, and blood vessels - a rare insight into ...

Palaeontologists at the Manitoba Museum and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess ...

The Mosura fentoni is a 506-million year-old “sea-moth” with three eyes, claws, and an abdomen full of gills. This ancient predator ... lined with teeth and swimming flaps on the sides of its body.

Mosura fentoni was a trailblazer for modern arthropods, developing adaptations that some crustaceans and arachnids re-evolved ...

It turns out that preservation of these structures is widespread, confirming the ancient origin of this type of circulatory ...

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