October 14, 2017

Siphusauctum lloydguntheri (Photo courtesy Julien Kimmig | KU News Service)

An article published in the “Journal of Paleontology” describes the identification of an animal that lived in the Middle Cambrian, between 513 and 501 million years ago. Named Siphusauctum lloydguntheri, it was studied thanks to a specimen discovered years ago in Utah. According to the researchers who studied it, it’s the oldest stalked filter feeder discovered in North America.