Gabonionta Type post Author Günter Bechly Date June 2, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , Abderrazak El Albani, Adolf Seilacher, agglutinated protists, Austria, Eukaryota, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francevillian Formation, Gabon, Gabonionta, Lake Michigan, Metazoa, multicellular organisms, Natural History Museum of Vienna, paleontology, rocks, taxonomy, University of Poitiers, West Africa Fossil Friday: How an Austrian Scientist Concocted a New Domain of Life called Gabonionta Günter Bechly June 2, 2023 Evolution, Paleontology 6 Is there any other evidence that this sensational discovery was nothing but hype? Sure there is. Read More ›
Ventogyrus Type post Author Günter Bechly Date March 25, 2021 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Adolf Seilacher, Australia, cnidarians, ctenophorans, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, Mark McMenamin, morphology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, publish or perish, Rugoconites enigmaticus, South Australia, spicules, symmetry, Trilobozoa, trilobozoans Examining Potential Other Trilobozoans Günter Bechly March 25, 2021 Evolution 4 Last but not least, there is this gem: In 1986 strange mushroom-shaped deep-sea animals were collected offshore South Australia. Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata with associated scratch marks Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 14, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Adolf Seilacher, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, feeding apparatus, grazing, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus, Kimberichnus teruzzii, locomotion, microbial mats, Russia, South Australia, teeth, trace fossils, Tübingen University, White Sea Kimberella — Controversial Scratch Marks Günter Bechly September 14, 2020 Evolution 5 A former teacher of mine was the late Adolf Seilacher, who was a leading authority on trace fossils and who for obvious reasons preferred to be called "Dolf." Read More ›
