Last week, paleontologist Rhiannon Lavin of the University of Kansas explored areas in Utah and Idaho for fossils.
Since the early 20th century, these areas have been known for their abundance of fossils, especially trilobites and mollusk fossils, according to a research report from University of Kansas.
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The discovery made by Lavigne made her drawing likeness to a monster from a science fiction movie.
He’s never seen anything like it
– On one of the last days when we went out into the field, a rock cracked. I immediately realized this wasn’t a common finding, says Lavigne University press release.
She says she found something that looked like large, round, jagged leaves. The shape should be like flowers or stars.
Hold his hand where it shouldn’t
Moreover, the findings were shown to the excavation leader, but he had never seen anything like it before.
– I showed the discovery to several of my colleagues, asking them what they thought it could be, says Lavigne.
Found: These flower-like formations were found by paleontologist Rhiannon DeVine during an excavation. Photo: Rhiannon Lavigne, University of Kansas
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There must be many different opinions about what the find could have been, according to the paleontologist, but no one can say for sure what it was.
monster movie
The unexplained fossil was transferred to the University of Kansas’ Department of Biological Diversity.
Countless tests and investigations have been done to get to the bottom of the species they’ve found.
The fossil was supposed to be a hitherto unknown species of arthropod, which was supposed to have lived in the sea around 500 million years ago.
Name: Rhiannon LaVine named the new species after the sandworm from the movie Dune. Photo: Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Earthworms and leeches are among the species that belong to the arthropod family, according to him Large Norwegian Encyclopedia.
Brutally stolen – surprise
LaVine, who found the fossil, was allowed to name the species. The name she chose was Shaihuludia shurikeni.
– Tea holode is the indigenous name for the worms found on the planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, and shuriken is the Japanese word for throwing a star, representing the shape of the blade-like finds, she says.
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