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  • Ancient Anthropod Named After Star Wars' Millennium Falcon

    08/02/2019 10:47:11 AM PDT · by C19fan · 4 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | January 31, 2019 | Daisy Hernandez
    Cambroraster falcatus was an ancient, primitive arthropod that dominated the ocean approximately 506 million years ago during the Cambrian period. The creature's name was inspired, in part, by Star Wars' Millennium Falcon due to its similar resemblance of the fictional spacecraft (sort of). C. falcatus, which was roughly the size of a human hand when fully grown though this fossil was nearly a foot long, also bore a striking resemblance to the modern horseshoe crab, per a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The anatomy of the apex predator featured a carapace that covered its...