The origins of an ancient animal lineage are being called into question after new fossils were uncovered in China.. Back in 2021, Protomelission gatehousei was named the oldest bryozoan, a member of a ...

In 2021, for instance, scientists decided that a 515-million-year-old fossil showed the earliest evidence of an animal group called the bryozoans, named Protomelission gatehousei.

Bryozoans are also fossils. Bryozoan colonies have been around for ages, with their fossils being found with over 15,000 species. But what do bryozoan colonies look like as fossils?

A 515-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the earliest known animal from a group called the bryozoans might actually be a seaweed. Bryozoans, commonly called moss animals, are tiny, coral ...

Newly described fossils of Protomelission gatehousei suggest that the species, once thought to be the oldest example of bryozoans, is actually a type of colony-forming algae.

If you go fishing in freshwater, you might be able to spot these blobs of tiny creatures. Bryozoans are also fossils. Bryozoan colonies have been around for ages, with their fossils being found ...

A new study has revealed that a group of prehistoric sea creatures is not as ancient as we thought—their earliest fossils are actually seaweeds.