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26-JAN-2000

Sketch of complete Tullymonstrum gregarium. Francis Creek Shale, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Mine, Braidwood, Illinois.

Recently interpreted as a vertebrate on the stem lineage to lampreys: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature16992.html

The folding of the body in this specimen is not compatible with the presence of a structure-supporting notochord and also indicates that body thickness was not large.


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