World's oldest known swimming jellyfish species found in 'exceptional' fossils buried within Canada mountains

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World's oldest known swimming jellyfish species found in 'exceptional' fossils buried within Canada mountains
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The Canadian Rocky Mountains offer more than scenic views – they’ve been hiding fossils of an ancient swimming jellyfish species with more than 90 “finger-like tentacles” that’s now thought to be the oldest on record.

What they discovered is the fossils belonged to an unknown species.

on top of these mountains is such a wonderous discovery. Burgessomedusa adds to the complexity of Cambrian foodwebs, and like Anomalocaris which lived in the same environment, these jellyfish were efficient swimming predators," study co-author Jean-Bernard Caron said."This adds yet another remarkable lineage of animals that the Burgess Shale has preserved chronicling the evolution of life on Earth.

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