This statue depicts a bearded man wearing a thin himation that was likely painted originally ... of the rider has experts arguing whether he is Scythian or Persian based on his eastern attire. He is ...

Less familiar mollusks are coat-of-mail shells (chitons), and so-called ‘spicule worms’ (aplacophorans) which lack a shell and have a worm-like body,” said Yale paleontologist Derek Briggs ...

The discovery challenges the longstanding view that early mollusks from the group known as Aculifera – which include chitons and worm-like mollusks – were basic and primitive. Instead, the ‘rebellious ...

The fossils belong to the Aculifera clade, which includes chitons and shell-less worm-like animals. These worm-like animals, approximately two centimeters in length with long spines, stand out ...

Dating back to the Silurian period, the fossils belong to the Aculifera group, which includes chitons and worm-like mollusks. Traditionally, scientists viewed these creatures as basic and primitive.

The discovery challenges the longstanding view that early molluscs from the group known as Aculifera – which include chitons and worm-like molluscs – were basic and primitive. Instead, the 'rebellious ...

The team retrieved the fossils, which date back to the Silurian period, from Herefordshire. Punk has a large foot and gills resembling chitons but is also a worm-like mollusk with strong spines. Like ...

The discovery challenges the longstanding view that early molluscs from the group known as Aculifera -- which include chitons and worm-like molluscs -- were basic and primitive. Instead ...