310-million-year-old fossil blobs might not be jellyfish after all
Scientists looked at the fossils from a fresh perspective and found a surprise
![An illustration of several Essexella sitting on the ocean floor.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/031323_mr_anemone_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
An ancient animal called Essexella may have been a type of burrowing sea anemone with a barrel-shaped body (illustrated), not a jellyfish as some scientists thought.
Julius Csotonyi