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The Millennium Falcon look-alike that terrorized the ancient seas

A predator that loomed large in its day had a domed hull like that of the Star Wars spaceship.
Reconstruction Illustration of Cambroraster falcatus

A 500-million-year-old ocean predator (artist’s impression) has been revealed in all its strange glory by a hoard of detailed fossils. Credit: Lars Fields/Royal Ontario Museum

Thanks to a mass of beautifully preserved fossils, scientists have discovered a peculiar ancient predator: a giant of Cambrian times with the silhouette of a spaceship.

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Nature 572, 157 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02317-w

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