Lone Example of Mysterious Stalked Filter Feeder (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Lone Example of Mysterious Stalked Filter Feeder

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This is the only example of a species that lived in Utah during the mid Cambrian. Researchers believe the specimen probably drifted away from a community of similar stalked filter feeders.

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Julien Kimmig | KU News Service

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