Oldest worm ancestors discovered that lived in tubes(1/2)

The fossil of the new species Dannychaeta tucolus. Oldest ever fossil of ancient worm from around 514 million years ago has been discovered in East China’s Yunnan province by a group of international scientists from Yunnan University, University of Exeter, Oxford University, and University of Bristol, shedding light on a new species called Dannychaeta tucolus, which lived on bottom of the sea in a tube. (Photo provided to China News Service)

A drawing of what the ancient worms might have looked like. Oldest ever fossil of ancient worm from around 514 million years ago has been discovered in East China’s Yunnan province by a group of international scientists from Yunnan University, University of Exeter, Oxford University, and University of Bristol, shedding light on a new species called Dannychaeta tucolus, which lived on bottom of the sea in a tube. (Photo provided to China News Service)