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Paleo-clues

2013

MUSE - The Science Museum

MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy

Who is Kimberella? An ancient jellyfish, a mollusk, perhaps a sponge? Its complex features make it different from most Ediacaran organisms. Kimberella has caused quite a stir in academia: incomplete fossils and ambiguous clues have misled paleontologists who have been fighting over it for generations, trying to interpret and classify the remains of this mysterious organism.

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  • Title: Paleo-clues
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Muse, Trento, Italy
  • Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
  • Object Name: Kimberella quadrata
MUSE - The Science Museum

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