Favorite Ancient/Prehistoric Organism Thread

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

I think that is why the authors put the term in quotes.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

We’ll need lots more data on Ediacaran before pushing for such claims…

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

And it has been over 24 years since that article was published, so there is most definitely more data that these are not “arthropods”.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Imagine how different could have the world been if the francevillaen lifeforms lingered on…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Pteraspidomorphs are the closest ancestors of gnathostomes, the jawed vertebrates.

They look pretty goofy in this picture!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Pretty sure they were the closest relatives…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, “were” would be a better term. After all this is the favorite ancient/prehistoric organism thread…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

And these are one of your favourites, correct?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, I really like them!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Too bad they’re around no more…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah. If they were, they would probably win a “Goofiest Fish” award.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Thankfully they wouldn’t be considered as ugly as the public considers the blobfish to be.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, they are goofy in an endearing way.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Unfortunately most prople don’t know they existed.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Spread the word! Pteraspidomorph gang!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

The word must go beyond the forum clad to actually inform anyone…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Maybe some plushies would work, after all there are a LOT of Cambrian Explosion plushies.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What is your LEAST favorite prehistoric animal then?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Libanoculex intermedius I hate, because it’s the reason those god forsaken mosquitos even exist! WHY!?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

As expected. Parasites of the old or the present are hated for good reasons…