Guanshan Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation One Of The World's Most Important Fossil Sites Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:47:53 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-cropped-Adobe-Express-file-32x32.png Guanshan Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation 32 32 Ancient Squatters: Hermit Behavior in Cambrian “Penis worms” (Priapulids) https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/ancient-squatters-hermit-behavior-in-cambrian-penis-worms-priapulids/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:51:30 +0000 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/?p=5107 Move over, hermit crabs! A 2021 paper published in the journal Current Biology suggests similar shell-occupying behavior in an unexpected source: Cambrian priapulid (priapulan) worms, also known as “penis worms” due to their gross morphology (overall shape of the organism) bearing a remarkable similarity to the human penis. World class quality “penis worm” fossils can be found at the Walcott […]

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