Three-eyed ancient predator ‘unlike any living animal’ discovered Fossil species named after fictional Japanese kaiju Mothra The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills on its butt Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods were more diverse than previously thought. LiveScience · May 16, 2025
Fossils may have just revealed oldest ever known jellyfish species ‘Finding such incredibly delicate animals preserved in rock layers is such a wonderous discovery’ The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023
This Jellyfish Swam The Earth’s Water Bodies Half A Billion Years Ago Free-swimming predatory jellyfish discovered from fossil records extracted from the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies. Zenger · Aug 2, 2023
Oldest species of swimming jellyfish discovered in 505m-year-old fossils New species named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis was found in Canada and is exceptionally well preserved The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023
‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists Researchers think they may have solved enduring mystery of where Typhloesus wellsi sits on tree of life The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022
Three-eyed marine predator's brain preserved in 500-million-year-old fossils Palaeontologists have uncovered a huge stash of fossils that show a three-eyed monster's ancient brain and nerves — and offer clues about how modern-day insects, spiders and crustaceans evolved. ABC News · Jul 8, 2022