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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

New scans help scientists understand true nature of ancient ‘monster’

Takahiro Sakono, 2022

The debate on the classification of the enigmatic, torpedo-shaped “Tully monster” that lived about 300 million years ago may finally have been settled by scientists.

For over half a century, researchers have argued about whether the strange creature was similar to a snail without a shell, a worm with an extendable jaw or some other kind of long-extinct creature that deserved a group of its very own.

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