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What may be one of Earth’s earliest animals has a punk rock vibe

Last updated: September 29, 2025 3:53 pm
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The Punk Rocker of the Sea: A New Take on Ancient Fossils

Being associated with punk rock often comes with a sense of being misunderstood. In an intriguing twist, some ancient sea fossils that were once dismissed as mere clumps of decomposing organic material may be resubmitted to scientific scrutiny, heralded as actual animals, and aptly named after punk legend John Lydon, famously known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.

The newly designated Lydonia jiggamintia was previously categorized as a pseudofossil referred to as Blackbrookia. However, researchers now propose it might instead represent a rare animal from the Precambrian era, making L. jiggamintia one of the earliest inhabitants in the fossil record, as reported in a study published on September 16 in Palaeontologia Electronica.

Paleontologist Christopher McKean and his team conducted a thorough analysis of 39 specimens previously identified as Blackbrookia, discovered off the coast of Newfoundland, ironically near a location known as Mistaken Point. This site boasts some of the world’s oldest animal fossils, including a jellyfish fossil dated to 570 million years ago, discovered as recently as 2024, alongside many pseudofossils—organic detritus that can resemble biological fossils. The analyzed fossils were sourced from a formation dating back approximately 560 million years, according to McKean, who was part of the research team during his tenure at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada.

L. jiggamintia exhibits a unique appearance reminiscent of a punk rocker flaunting a spectacular hairstyle. Its elongated, finger-like tubes protruded vertically into the water, coupled with pores on its upper surface indicative of its role as a filter feeder, as the research team explains. The creature’s length could reach nearly 53 centimeters. With a rounded end tapering to a point and likely featuring a domed upper section, it is speculated that its shape was influenced by the underlying organisms it rested upon.

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Bumps dot the surface of a gray rock that researchers say show the pores of one of Earth's earliest animals, a spongelike creature.

In addition to its punk rock hair-inspired name, the species name jiggamintia pays homage to a spiky wild fruit known as jiggamint, a term utilized by the Beothuk peoples who roamed the Newfoundland area long before European settlers arrived and tragically became culturally extinct. This fruit is now more commonly recognized as a gooseberry.

L. jiggamintia bears resemblance to modern-day sponges in both structure and form, and is considered a potential ancestor of contemporary sponge species, underscores McKean. Notably, it was the presence of spongiform pores that alerted researchers to its status as an animal rather than remnants of fossilized detritus.

According to McKean, who presently works at the University of Essex in England, discoveries of Precambrian animal fossils are exceptionally rare—especially those that could be linked to living species. Hence, every new find is vital to enhancing our comprehension of life’s early evolutionary path.

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