Trace fossils of the Cambrian Gromia sphaerica were recently discovered off the coast of the Bahamas. Although paleontologists had previously assumed that these were multicellular organisms, this particular set of fossils indicate that these giants — up to 3 cm in diameter — were single-celled.
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Justin
I don’t understand how something so big could be just one cell. Then again, I’m no biologist…
So what would the inside of a creature like that even look like?
raina_c
Clear as mud right now…have to read it when I’m not so tired…maybe it will become clear…Okay probably not : D
bob holding
I’ve heard that some Slime Molds exist as giant single cell organisms, so these might have acted similarly.
Otherwise, I’m not sure that I’ve heard of a viable single celled organism that’s that large.
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