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Fossil of Extinct Armored Worm

Caption: Fossil (left) and depiction (right) of extinct armored machaeridian worm. Colors indicate the trunk (yellow), limb (red), bristles (gray), attachment of shell plates (green), gut (purple) and dorsal linear structure (blue)

Credit: Vinther, et al Nature

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