Archive for January 31st, 2012

Unusual ‘Tulip’ Creature Discovered: Lived in the Ocean More Than 500 Million Years Ago

A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500-million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.     Officially named Siphusauctum gregarium, fossils reveal a tulip-shaped creature that is about the length of a dinner knife (approximately 20 centimetres) and has a unique filter feeding system. […]