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“ I've always loved detective work, and in paleontology it doesn't get much better than this. ”– James Lamsdell

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Cyclostomata?
Genus: †Tullimonstrum
Species: †Tullimonstrum gregarium
Meaning Named: Francis Tully's common monster (in Latin)
Named by: Eugene Richardson
Year Discovered: 1966
Time Period: Carboniferous (Middle Pennsylvanian 300-256?)
Size: 35 centimetres (14 in)
Diet: carnivorous
Conservation Status: extinct

Tullimonstrum gregarium is the extinct species of soft-bodied vertebrate fish (not invertebrate!) found in Carboniferous period of Illinois from rivers to nearby seas. It was discovered in 1958 and first described scientifically in 1966 by Eugene Richardson and Francis Tully that this animal as invertebrate but in the past 60 years from now in 2010s, declared that this animal is a relative of lamprey because both gills and jaws, this mouth used for digging and forging in the riverbeds like snails hiding in first place and accorded by Victoria McCoy considered as vertebrate. This is Judas's animal.

Website
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullimon…
www.scientificamerican.com/art…
isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geo…
www.sci-news.com/paleontology/…
www.nationalgeographic.com/sci…

Made by: IbisPaint
Date: July 15, 2021

Tullimonstrum - © Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic
This drawing - © Ognimdo2002

Description
“ I've always loved detective work, and in paleontology it doesn't get much better than this. ”– James Lamsdell

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Cyclostomata?
Genus: †Tullimonstrum
Species: †Tullimonstrum gregarium
Meaning Named: Francis Tully's common monster (in Latin)
Named by: Eugene Richardson
Year Discovered: 1966
Time Period: Carboniferous (Middle Pennsylvanian 300-256?)
Size: 35 centimetres (14 in)
Diet: carnivorous
Conservation Status: extinct

Tullimonstrum gregarium is the extinct species of soft-bodied vertebrate fish (not invertebrate!) found in Carboniferous period of Illinois from rivers to nearby seas. It was discovered in 1958 and first described scientifically in 1966 by Eugene Richardson and Francis Tully that this animal as invertebrate but in the past 60 years from now in 2010s, declared that this animal is a relative of lamprey because both gills and jaws, this mouth used for digging and forging in the riverbeds like snails hiding in first place and accorded by Victoria McCoy considered as vertebrate. This is Judas's animal.

Website
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullimon…
www.scientificamerican.com/art…
isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geo…
www.sci-news.com/paleontology/…
www.nationalgeographic.com/sci…

Made by: IbisPaint
Date: July 15, 2021

Tullimonstrum - © Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic
This drawing - © Ognimdo2002