"Tully monster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tully monsters [plural], Tully Monster [alternative]
Etymology: Named after amateur collector Francis Tully, who found the first of these fossils in 1955. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Tully monster (plural Tully monsters)
  1. A soft-bodied bilaterian animal, notable for its dubious taxonomic status, †Tullimonstrum gregarium, which lived in shallow tropical coastal waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian geological period, about 300 million years ago. This animal has an odd appearance, having a mostly cigar-shaped body, with a triangular tail fin, two long stalked eyes, and a proboscis tipped with a mouth-like appendage. Wikipedia link: Tully monster Categories (topical): Paleontology
    Sense id: en-Tully_monster-en-noun-k9CK9QBG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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