Showing posts with label paleodictyon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paleodictyon. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2016
New Cryptid Culture article
The newest issue of Cryptid Culture came out, well, about a month ago. But I haven't had time to post about it until now...
Anyway, I wrote another article for this issue. This time I discuss the enigmatic deep-sea organism called Paleodictyon. This critter builds hexagonal structures on the sea bed made of numerous interconnected burrows. Although these burrows are well-documented- and are even known from fossils going all the way back to the Precambrian!- the actual creature itself has never been observed.
Some researchers believe it is a kind of giant amoeba called a xenophyophore. Others think it may be a burrowing sponge. Whatever it is, you can read all about it in the latest issue, which you can order here.
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