Get ready to meet the Tully Monster, a prehistoric anomaly so bizarre that it continues to baffle the world’s leading paleontologists. This mysterious creature, discovered in the Mazon Creek fossil beds, features a trunk-like snout and eyes on stalks that defy standard biological classification. In this science documentary, we explore the latest DNA analysis and 3D fossil imaging to determine if this ancient organism was a vertebrate or something entirely alien to our world. We’re diving deep into the Carboniferous period to reconstruct the environment where this prehistoric mystery once swam. Click play to see the CGI animations of the Tullimonstrum and join the hunt to solve one of the greatest evolutionary puzzles in natural history.
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Acanthotelson stimpsoni fossil shrimp: By James St. John – https://flic.kr/p/pnLCg6, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36906743
fossil shark tooth whorl: By James St. John – https://flic.kr/p/Uatzv4, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84647602
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Tullimonstrum gregarium 4334: By Ghedoghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33183606
Tullimonstrum gregarium 1: By Ghedoghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9837385
Tullimonstrum gregarium1: By Ghedoghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9837372
Tullimonstrum gregarium 343: By Ghedoghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33183605
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Dabasacanthus inskasi Zangerl 1979: By Oilshale, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108272769
Bandringa rayi fossil shark: By James St. John, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75394610
Helicoprion bessonovi: By Ghedo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85736559
Helicoprion sp whorl: By Skye McDavid, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105764565
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Reef bottom: By CaptainObvious/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/6sBKC
Tully Monster: By huykhoi2407/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oWTNy
Shark: By AndrejKrebs/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/6Y7XA
Hallucigenia Cambrian Animal: By huykhoi2407/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oWOTF
Opabinia regalis: By カヤ（Kaya）/sketchfab, https://skfb.ly/oFxPO
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