Image of connected rangeomorphs (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Image of connected rangeomorphs

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Fossilised threads - some as long as four metres - connecting organisms known as rangeomorphs, which dominated Earth's oceans half a billion years ago.

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Alex Liu

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