A newly discovered fossil of a species of Jurassic worm has been named after shock-rock legend Alice Cooper.
Scientists have dubbed the 190-million-year-old marine worm fossil “Serpula alicecooperi” after it was discovered by amateur geologist Mette Hoftstedt on the Danish isle of Bornholm.
It was then studied by researchers Arden Basforth from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Tomas Koči from the Natural History Museum in Prague, and Jesper Milàn and Sten Lennart Jakobsen from Geomuseum Faxe in Denmark. Hailing from the Early Jurassic period, the species of the fossil is described as a marine worm with a crown of tentacles and a protective tube-like shell in which to hide avoid predators.
“When we studied the fossil, it quickly became clear that it was a new and unknown species of serpulid worm we were dealing with,” said Milàn [via Louder].
Regarding the nomenclature, he added: “Being both a paleontologist and a huge...
Scientists have dubbed the 190-million-year-old marine worm fossil “Serpula alicecooperi” after it was discovered by amateur geologist Mette Hoftstedt on the Danish isle of Bornholm.
It was then studied by researchers Arden Basforth from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Tomas Koči from the Natural History Museum in Prague, and Jesper Milàn and Sten Lennart Jakobsen from Geomuseum Faxe in Denmark. Hailing from the Early Jurassic period, the species of the fossil is described as a marine worm with a crown of tentacles and a protective tube-like shell in which to hide avoid predators.
“When we studied the fossil, it quickly became clear that it was a new and unknown species of serpulid worm we were dealing with,” said Milàn [via Louder].
Regarding the nomenclature, he added: “Being both a paleontologist and a huge...
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