Soft tissue preservation of Sue

[Halichoeres]

"Sue," of course, is a nickname for the holotype of Keurbos susanae, a new arthropod from the Soom Shale lagersätte in South Africa (It's named after the lead author's mother). It's kind of an odd fossil in that there are some remains of the cuticle, but the muscular endoskeleton has been exquisitely preserved. This is a nice window into the evolution of arthropod musculature!

The holotype:


Open access in Papers in Palaeontology: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70004

[Faelrin]

Nice title lol. Great find. Not sure what kind of critter this is though?

[MLMjp]

That's shameless clickbait and you know it @Halichoeres

There's two days left until April fools...

[Stegotyranno420]

Sue vs the Cooler Sue

That's shameless clickbait and you know it @Halichoeres

There's two days left until April fools...

Clickbait...maybe
But he's not wrong 🤣

[Halichoeres]

Nice title lol. Great find. Not sure what kind of critter this is though?

The authors aren't quite sure, either, just that it's an arthropod!

That's shameless clickbait and you know it @Halichoeres

There's two days left until April fools...

Who, me?    I didn't think anyone would believe I was posting news about some other Sue!

Sue vs the Cooler Sue

That's shameless clickbait and you know it @Halichoeres

There's two days left until April fools...

Clickbait...maybe
But he's not wrong 🤣

Technically correct, the best kind of correct.