The Curious Case of the Hyolith, an Ancient ‘Ice Cream Cone’ That’s Found a Home

It has spent some 175 years homeless, wandering many paths of taxonomy without a single branch to call its own. In the time since it was first described, this now-extinct, cone-shaped sea creature has known a number of presumed families — from mollusks … Discuss

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