Tully monster facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tully monster |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| The Tully Monster Tullimonstrum gregarium fossil (part and counterpart) |
|
Scientific classification  |
|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Bilateria |
| Genus: | †Tullimonstrum Richardson, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Tullimonstrum gregarium Richardson, 1966
|
|
Tullimonstrum, colloquially known as the Tully Monster, is an extinct bilaterian animal that lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago. A single species, T. gregarium, is known. Its classification has been the subject of controversy, and interpretations of the fossil likened it to molluscs, arthropods, conodonts, worms, and vertebrates. It is unknown weather Tullimonstrum was a vertebrate or an invertebrate.
Images for kids
-
ife reconstruction showing T. gregarium as an invertebrate
-
Fossil in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. This specimen clearly shows the eye bar structure.
See also
In Spanish: Tullimonstrum para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Tully monster Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.