Author: Günter Bechly
Website: https://evolutionnews.org/author/gbechly
Examining Potential Other Trilobozoans
Last but not least, there is this gem: In 1986 strange mushroom-shaped deep-sea animals were collected offshore South Australia.
The Enigmatic Tribrachidium and Trilobozoa
Trilobozoans are unique to the Ediacaran biota; they appeared suddenly 560 million-years-ago in the fossil record without any precursors.
Ediacarans Are Not Animals
Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that “phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic.”
A Precambrian House of Cards
Wow, that’s cool, they not only found the elusive Ediacaran animals but even could unravel their genomes!?
Namacalathus Revisited — Not Much to See
The new evidence is very ambiguous and totally inconclusive. No far-reaching conclusions should be drawn from such dubious material.