The Museum holds the best collection of fossil bryozoans in the world, with more than 5,000 type and figured specimens. The collection contains an estimated 1,500,000 specimens, making it one of the ...

A fossil bryozoan colony smaller than a grain of rice seen under the microscope. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Fossil bryozoan colony as seen under the microscope. Each of the oval shapes was once an individual zooid. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Focus: investigating the timing of biomineral switches in Late Cretaceous bryozoans and their relationship to changing seawater chemistry Museum scientists are investigating the timing of a switch ...

Scientists have scrutinized the fossil records of many organisms looking for evidence of punctuated evolution. One group of coral-like sea organisms in particular, called bryozoan, shows this kind ...

"But before this study, it hadn't really been investigated using the fossil record." The study casts a spotlight on a little-known group of aquatic animals called bryozoans. They tend to be small ...

“But before this study, it hadn’t really been investigated using the fossil record.” The study casts a spotlight on a little-known group of aquatic animals called bryozoans. They tend to be small and ...

"This fossilized tooth found amid an assemblage of marine fossils including bryozoans, brachiopods, and crinoids indicates that the Qujing region experienced multiple marine transgressions from ...

In conclusion, the glowing pods in Utrecht turned out to be harmless bryozoan colonies, not alien eggs or dinosaur fossils as some had speculated. While their appearance is unusual, these ...

"But before this study, it hadn't really been investigated using the fossil record." The study casts a spotlight on a ...

Bryozoans are tiny creatures that live in large ... Some believed that the pods looked like ‘alien eggs’ or ‘dinosaur fossils’, which led to captivating but outlandish stories.