Gnathostomulid <em>Rastrognathia macrostoma</em> (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Gnathostomulid <em>Rastrognathia macrostoma</em>

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The gnathostomulid Rastrognathia macrostoma, these microscopic animals have a jaw apparatus similar to Amiskwia, which the scientists of this study now propose are among the closest living relatives of living arrow worms. Amiskwia proves to be the fossil link between these groups of animals.

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Photo credit Martin Vinther Sørensen/SNM Denmark

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