Arthropod Ancestor Had Mouth Like Sarlacc from Star Wars
Posted on September 27, 2016
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum say an arthropod ancestor named Pambdelurion had the mouth of a penis worm. They also say it had a mouth like Sarlacc from Star Wars. Sarlacc was seen in Return of the Jedi. It lived in the Great Pit of Carkoon.
Bristol University’s Dr Jakob Vinther says in a statement, "The mouth is a spitting image of the Sarlacc from Star Wars." Vinther is pictured below holding a freshly discovered specimen of Pambdelurion.
Pambdelurion lived in the oceans 520 million years ago. Fossils of the ancient creature have been found in the northernmost part of Greenland. A research paper was published here in the journal, Pambdelurion.
Vinther also says, "This solves a mystery for the affinities of this giant mouth and demonstrates that the two previous hypotheses – whether the mouth belongs to Anomalocaris or a penis worm - are not exactly right, but not entirely wrong either."
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