Haootia Quadriformis: The World’s Oldest Muscular Animal
Come meet the oldest complex animal fossil ever found! This extraordinary half-billion year old fossil was discovered in 2008 on the Bonavista Peninsula. Haootia Quadriformis provides some of the earliest evidence of muscle tissue in the world’s biological record.
Image credit: Artist’s Reconstruction of Haootia Quadriformis, 2014. Courtesy Martin Brasier