Oldest soft bodied mollusc and radula

[Architeuthoceras]

Looks like they have found an ancestor of the cephalopods

Fossils reveal world's oldest soft-bodied mollusc

 

[Taollan]

Doesn't look much different than alot of nudis that are around today. Its amazing that life arrived at all of these basic body forms so early.

 

[Phil]

Well that's quite interesting. Odontogriphus is not a new discovery, but has not been described as a mollusc before as far as I know. I believe it has bounced around in the 'problematic worm' status for a quite a while, though one study grouped it with the brachiopods; this new study is therefore quite important. It actually had a row of tiny tentacles surrounding the radula too.

Odontogriphus even has it's own orchestral score! Go to track 4 on this link below. Not the most catchy little number though, and not really iPod material:

http://rand.info/rands/text/notes/burgess_shalen.html

 

[spartacus]

Phil, what a shame that my speakers are currently akin to ascending mammary glands, can't wait to sample Hallucigenia doubled by maracas and punctuated by sleigh bells.
I suspect my species is in decline !

Keef

 

[spartacus]

Being a tad intrigued, I managed to thrash my audio components (forgot to plug speakers back in after oil change) into shape & sat down to enjoy the delights of Hallucigenia !

What a load of piffle, I've just recorded a bath fart & will release it as a tribute mix "Tubular B*llsh*t" on brown vinyl, picture disc as soon as !

Keef

 

[sorseress]

I'm gonna' have to get an MP3 player.....

 

[sorseress]

What? YOu don't appreciate "modern" music???

 

[spartacus]

I'm gonna' have to get an MP3 player.....

From experience, I wouldn't bother ! Punched tape is certain to enjoy a return to fashion

Keef

 

[sorseress]

I'm always way behind on all the new techie stuff. Probably because I'm one of the living fossils! Anyone for vinyl?

 

[Phil]

According to the website The Burgess Shale Suite does not seem to have been performed live since 1994.

Perhaps then it mimics the animals themselves; a brief explosion of performances, then a gradual disappearance, leaving us with ghost-like impressions on the internet to tantalise us and truly wonder what it would been like to experience a live performance.

Perhaps in a few years, the Suite, long since forgotten, willl be dug up by a musical palaeontologist and reinterpreted; some sections will be interpreted as avant-garde, others as progressive, jazz even, in an attempt to shoe-horn the pieces into familiar musical styles. Ultimately the suite will have been regarded as useless, a music experiment in styles and forms that left no descendants.

Thank goodness, because it was flipping awful.

 

[Phil]

What a load of piffle, I've just recorded a bath fart & will release it as a tribute mix "Tubular B*llsh*t" on brown vinyl, picture disc as soon as !

I'd buy that. Would you sign a copy for me please?

 

[spartacus]

Anyone for vinyl?

No way ! far too hot here for that, stick to my Crimplene™ flares to let skin breath

Phillipo, 1994 ? now that is a shame. It was a toss up between giving Anomalocaris a quick blast or mowing the ranch in 40° with 6 inch (152.4mm) nails driven through my hands & feet. Ahh the sweet sound of a hot, purring Tecumseh motor !

Keef

 

[spartacus]

I'd buy that. Would you sign a copy for me please?

For you Phil, the world ! you know that, I'd even spell it proper

Keef

 

[neuropteris]

Good lord Keef - thats not what you go out collecting in is it????

Andy

 

[spartacus]

lets face it Andy, you'll know exactly when I'm on the beach !

is it a bird ? no.....
is it a plane ? no....
is it a prat ?

Keef

p.s. I've improved my musculature since then so I don't look stupid, more "Superhero" now though there's not much I can do about my calcified shin bones though they do help high speed stability.