An exceptionally-preserved fossil from Herefordshire in the UK has given new insights into the early evolution of sea cucumbers, the group that includes the sea pig and its relatives, according to a new article published in the journalProceedings of the Royal Society B.
Palaeontologists from the UK and USA created an accurate 3-D computer reconstruction of the 430 million-year-oldfossilwhich allowed them to identify it as a species new to science. They named the animal Sollasina cthulhu due to its resemblance to monsters from the fictional Cthulhu universe created by author H.P. Lovecraft.
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