Posted on 02/17/2023 8:14:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
To look at the Tully monster, it’s reasonable to say that it’s reminiscent of a slug. At its mid-body, what are believed to be eyes protrude outward on two stalks, like those of a slug. However, in the place where one might assume the mouth would be located is a long, thin appendage with a claw at its end. This claw appears to have teeth.
In 2016, a group of scientists conducted a study and said the Tully monster had finally been classified. Their evidence suggested that it was, in fact, a vertebrate. The study focused on prominent features in the creature’s physical shape. Looking at the fossil, the researchers claimed that there was a notochord in the Tully monster.
A notochord is a flexible rod that runs down the length of the body. Although it’s not considered to be a spinal cord, it is considered to be the precursor to a spinal cord. So the presence of the notochord suggested to these scientists that the Tully monster is best classified as a vertebrate. In this way, they likened it to the same group as lampreys.
The study also looked at pigment granules located in the eyes known as melanosomes. By analyzing these, scientists noted that the shape and size were similar to those found in the eyes of other vertebrates, again placing it under that classification.
However, a newer study challenged the 2016 outcome... looked at melanosomes in the eyes. [I]t was determined that the creature more closely resembles invertebrates than vertebrates, contrary to the previous study’s claims. It was also found that the Tully monster’s eyes contained a different type of copper than vertebrates. What’s especially interesting is that even though this unusual creature is different than vertebrates, it’s not identical to invertebrates, either.
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Yikes! Reminds me a bit of those things in that movie Tremors. Sometimes extinction is not such a bad thing, eh?
I would classify it as an ancestor of ET.
It’s not from this planet.
For such an ugly, clumsy and repelling creature, it has a comforting name; The Tully Monster. You almost expect it to be
wearing a grey plaid, cardigan sweater and smoking a pipe.
No word on how it reproduced. Must have been asexual,similar to a snail. Who would date a Tully Monster? Not even an Eel.
Looks like something that might be found in the pedoPIG’s diaper.... /s
That could be the clearest picture of Snatchrotz on record.
I didn’t see this noted in the article, but the size of the creature was 3” to 15.”
Might be a good name for a new show, the Tele-Tully monster hour.
Folks,
Classification is a very artificial process. But it can be useful to understand the world.
Classification of nematodes involved the cutting the rear end off and pressing flat on a slide and looking at the patterns.
I often thought sitting humans on a copy machine and classifying by patterns would be a good idea.
Much better classification than skin color or head measurements.
“... the thing I saw in the New England woods last fall.”
Could have been worse...summer in a nudist colony.
It was fairly plentiful at the time.
About 6 inches to a foot long.
and very tasty
OMg! It’s Big Tongue!
That is the goofiest looking thing.
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