CALIFORNIA - Approximately 520 million years ago, Earth is home to living creatures with various sizes or shapes. Researchers revealed their findings that shows strange species aged hundreds of millions of years ago with shape resembling a cigarette.
This species fossils found in Morocco in 2012. In a recent report published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, revealed the strange animal fossils are Echinoderms (phylum of marine animals that includes sea stars well as cucumbers) primitive.
Scientists suspect that this ancient animals can change shape in certain circumstances. They say that this animal can expand her body shape or shrink.
This species fossils found in Morocco in 2012. In a recent report published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, revealed the strange animal fossils are Echinoderms (phylum of marine animals that includes sea stars well as cucumbers) primitive.
Scientists suspect that this ancient animals can change shape in certain circumstances. They say that this animal can expand her body shape or shrink.
Every time do it, the creature it also change the length of her body. "This is a cigar-shaped animals," said researcher Andrew Smith. He said, sometimes these animals can be short and plump and able to transform itself into a long and thin.
Each time the select to be slim, the creature it could have length size of 1.6 inches (4 centimeters). Echinoderms succeed to change the shape of her body with the help of five ambulacra (surface area that is able to radiating).
"This has characteristics that place it as the most primitive Echinoderms that have five-fold symmetry," said Andrew Smith.
Each time the select to be slim, the creature it could have length size of 1.6 inches (4 centimeters). Echinoderms succeed to change the shape of her body with the help of five ambulacra (surface area that is able to radiating).
"This has characteristics that place it as the most primitive Echinoderms that have five-fold symmetry," said Andrew Smith.
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