Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn't know existed.

Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn’t know existed.

The new fossil animals have been named Timorebestia, meaning ‘terror beasts’ in Latin. Adorned with fins down the sides of their body, a distinct head with long antennae, massive jaw structures inside their mouth, and growing to more than 30cm in length, these were some of the largest swimming animals in the Early Cambrian times.

    • triclops6English
      100·
      10 months ago

      3rd day of 2024 and we’re already finding out we’re on Dune

          • flooppoolfEnglish
            20·
            10 months ago

            They don’t make my eyes look cool. I just get raccoon goggles and red eye :(

  • Zorque
    210·
    10 months ago

    Nah, those are just Goa’uld from one of the many time travel episodes.

    • Jo MiranEnglish
      120·
      10 months ago

      At 30cm in length, I think you’re right.

    • TurbofishEnglish
      40·
      10 months ago

      Ah bud, please. I already get nightmares.

    • ikapozEnglish
      140·
      10 months ago

      My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

      • MajorHavocEnglish
        80·
        10 months ago

        Yeah. The quotes around ‘giant’ in the title aren’t rated for carrying this much euphemism. They’re going to collapse under the strain of our disappointment. I was promsied giant arctic worms, darn it. That’s a CR13 monster in D&D!

      • BOFHEnglish
        30·
        10 months ago

        Compounded by the lack of pictures in this article.

    • DessertStorms
      70·
      10 months ago10 months ago

      At 30cm in length, maybe on ant scale (ngl, I’d probably watch that movie lol)

      • Deceptichum
        30·
        10 months ago

        We have metre long earth worms near me, could throw some of them in.

  • Xariphon
    120·
    10 months ago

    Fossils.

    Fossils of a half-billion year old predator worm.

    Not. Y’know. C’thulhu’s Viking cousins.

    • RGB3x3English
      20·
      9 months ago9 months ago

      It’s big… scary… And pink!

  • Whirlgirl9
    60·
    10 months ago

    He who controls the spice controls the universe!

  • JaderickEnglish
    30·
    10 months ago

    "However, Timorebestia is a distant, but close, relative of living arrow worms, or chaetognaths.

    Just say closest lmao

  • Skua
    20·
    10 months ago

    It’s called a tim’rous beastie? Damn it’s a few weeks early for Burns’ night