For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite ...

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean.

It’s a genuinely fascinating species; still, few people are familiar with it. The mighty Coconut Carb, Birgus latro, is the largest land-living arthropod. Image via depositphotos From its peculiar ...

A paleontologist at the University of Leicester has described a new genus and species of enigmatic multisegmented arthropod using a fossilized specimen found over two decades ago in South Africa.

“We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod, but her precise evolutionary relationships remain frustratingly elusive.” Sarah Gabbott, the study’s lead author and a professor in the School of ...

"We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod but her precise evolutionary relationships remain frustratingly elusive." Today, about 85% of animals on Earth are arthropods, and they ...

“We are now sure she was a primitive marine arthropod but her precise evolutionary relationships remain frustratingly elusive.” Today about 85% of animals on Earth are arthropods, and they ...