Author: Günter Bechly
Website: https://evolutionnews.org/author/gbechly
Kimberella — Locomotory Tracks
But what about tracks of the moving animal? There are indeed some fossils from the White Sea.
Kimberella — Traces and a Trace-maker
The body fossils are generally positioned at the focal points of the fan-shaped scratch marks.
Kimberella — Controversial Scratch Marks
A former teacher of mine was the late Adolf Seilacher, who was a leading authority on trace fossils and who for obvious reasons preferred to be called “Dolf.”
Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail
Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence.
Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation
In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases.