Tag: Tribrachidium

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, dickinsoniids, Ediacaran biota, Epibaion, flatworms, Fossil Friday (series), jello, microbial mats, muscles, nervous system, Precambrian, protists, South Australia, trace fossils, Tribrachidium}

Fossil Friday: An Ediacaran Animal with a Question Mark

_{Günter Bechly
November 8, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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To claim that such undefinable blobs in sandstone represent fossils of the oldest motile animals is massively overselling the evidence to say the least. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, Avalon explosion, Cambrian phyla, Darwinian evolution, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, evidence for evolution, fact check, falsified theories, Fossil Friday (series), India, junk science, microbial mats, Precambrian, radiometric dating, Spriggina, Tribrachidium, Yale University}

Fossil Friday: The Vindhyan Controversy and Debunking Alleged Ediacaran and Cambrian Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
February 16, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fancy speculations about the evolution of multicellular life and early animals turned out to be just smoke and mirrors. Read More ›

Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Cloudina, cnidarians, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Doushantuo fossils, embryos, Eumetazoa, evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, homology, Ikaria, intelligent design, Internet, Kimberella, Metazoa, microfossils, Namacalathus, New York Times, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Spiralicellula, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, White Sea assemblage, Yilingia, YouTubers}

“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

22}

A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Anomalocaris, behaviors, brains, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, cell types, Charles Darwin, Charnia, China, Darwin's Doubt, Dickinsonia, Ediacarans, evolution, Fossil Hall, fossil record, Hallucigenia, mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, Opabinia, organs, oxygen, Pikaia, Smithsonian Institution, Spriggina, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Woodward, Tribrachidium, trilobites, Wiwaxia}

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
November 19, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circular reasoning, Darwin's House of Cards, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, Ediacaran organisms, Evans et al. (2021), evolutionary biology, Facebook, Gregory Retallack, Ikaria, lichen, marine protozoans, Mary Droser, muscles, nervous system, paleontology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Tom Bethell, Tree of Life, Tribrachidium, trilobozoans, University of Oregon}

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

_{Günter Bechly
March 29, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 28, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, body plans, computer model, Ediacaran organisms, fluid dynamics, fossil record, Mark McMenamin, Nama Group, Precambrian House of Cards Series, South Africa, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoa, trilobozoans, Zimnie Gory}

Unknown Biology of Trilobozoa

_{Günter Bechly
March 28, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Ecology, Evolution

3}

Not much is known about the anatomy, biology, and ecology of the enigmatic trilobozoans. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cnidarian, echinoderms, Ediacaran Period, fungus, jellyfish, lophophorates, marine invertebrates, Mark McMenamin, medusoid, Metazoa, Mikhail Fedonkin, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sponges, Tribrachidium, Tribrachidium heraldicum, Trilobozoa, Vendobionta}

Uncertain Affinities of Trilobozoa

_{Günter Bechly
March 26, 2021

Evolution

3}

That the same fossils can be attributed to at least six different phyla of marine invertebrates as well as terrestrial fungi really should give reason to pause. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 24, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Period, cladistics, Darwinian evolution, Ediacaran biota, Evans et al. (2021), fossil record, phylogenetic systematics, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sea floor, Tribrachidium, Tribrachidium heraldicum, Trilobozoa}

The Enigmatic Tribrachidium and Trilobozoa

_{Günter Bechly
March 24, 2021

Evolution

3}

Trilobozoans are unique to the Ediacaran biota; they appeared suddenly 560 million-years-ago in the fossil record without any precursors. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, begging the question, Dickinsonia, DNA, Ediacaran animals, Ediacarans, Evolution News, genomes, humans, Ikaria, Kimberella, logical fallacy, Mary Droser, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Russia, South Australia, Tribrachidium, White Sea assemblage}

A Precambrian House of Cards

_{Günter Bechly
March 22, 2021

Evolution

3}

Wow, that's cool, they not only found the elusive Ediacaran animals but even could unravel their genomes!? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran Period, holotype, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella quadrata, Kimberella series, Kimberellomorpha, Mark McMenamin, mollusks, Precambrian strata, Tribrachidium, White Sea, Zimnie Gory}

Kimberella — A Checkered History

_{Günter Bechly
September 4, 2020

Evolution

7}

John Kimber collected the first fossils of this organism and died tragically at age 38 during an expedition in South Australia in 1964. Read More ›