That long stability helps explain why a new species can hide in plain sight inside a familiar outline. Once shells stop giving easy answers, mouthparts and genes start carrying more of the burden. Named for sharp spines Researchers named the animal Acanthochitona feroxa, drawing on the Latin ferox, or “fierce,” for its bristling look.
“The Tonto Group of Grand Canyon holds a treasure trove of sedimentary layers and fossils chronicling the Cambrian Explosion some 500 million years ago, when the first animals with hard shells rapidly proliferated and sea levels rose to envelop continents with emerging marine life,” said Carol Dehler, professor at Utah State University.
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