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Tullimonstrum, colloquially known as the Tully monster or sometimes Tully's monster, is an extinct genus of soft-bodied bilaterian animal that lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago.
The Tully Monster was a mysterious fossil that baffled scientists for decades. Now, a new study reveals that it was a vertebrate, related to modern lampreys, with a bizarre proboscis and eyes on stalks.
Apr 25, 2023 · The state fossil of Illinois is a strange creature with stalked eyes and a long nose-like appendage with teeth, dubbed the " Tully monster ." Specimens typically measure just 15 centimeters...
Mar 16, 2016 · The Tully monster, Illinois' state fossil, is a mysterious creature that swam in rivers 300 million years ago. A new study reveals that it was a vertebrate, related to lampreys, and had a primitive spinal cord and teeth.
Mar 17, 2016 · WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - For more than half a century, scientists have scratched their heads over the nature of an outlandishly bizarre creature dubbed the Tully Monster that flourished...
Apr 18, 2023 · The Tully monster, a bizarre fossil from 300 million years ago, has long puzzled scientists over its true identity. A new study using high-resolution scanning and x-ray tomography shows that it had no bones and was not a vertebrate.
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Apr 17, 2023 · A team of researchers from Japan used 3D imaging technology to examine the fossilized Tully monster, a 300-million-year-old marine animal. They found that it had segmentation in its head region and other features that ruled out its vertebrate affinity.
