neat little paper here titled " Large spinose microfossils in Ediacaran rocks as resting stages of early animals"
indicating that some precambrian acritarchs appear to be animal in origin... like the tests of brine shrimp. probably an evolutionary response to surviving periodic anoxia in the oceans...
so, Jurassic Park madness has at least meant that Walmart is stocking a big lot of Jurassic Park themed choco eggs. I got one; they remind me a bit of chocosaurs. I also bought two extra; one for Scott and one for Raven. Here's mine;
