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Interpretation of the artist Sollasina cthulhu, a new species of fossil named after H.P. Cthulhu, mythical creature of Lovecraft.
Elissa Martin, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
An exceptionally preserved fossil of a 430 million year old sprawling marine creature reminds an international team of paleontologists the description given by American science fiction and horror author HP Lovecraft of his creature Cthulhu (pronounced "kuh-thoo-loo"), this they named the new species described in a recently published scientific article Sollasina cthulhu. Lovecraft introduced Cthulhu, a strange sprawling monster of unknown origin resting on the bottom of the sea, in his 1926 novel The call of Cthulhu, where he describes him as "a monster with a vaguely anthropoid silhouette, but with an octopus-shaped head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly and rubbery body, prodigious claws on the fore and hind paws, and long wings behind. " The anatomical features reconstructed in 3D by paleontologists reveal that Sollasina belongs to ophiocistioidea, a class of extinguished Paleozoic and early Mesozoic echinoderms, closely related to the modern world. sea cucumbers. The skin of echinoderms, including sea cucumbers, sea urchins, crinoids, fragile stars and starfish, is covered with tiny ossicles of calcium carbonate forming an outer shell that is both supple and protective. Some existing species still retain relatively large patches and the body of the extinct species three centimeters long is completely covered with bone plates, giving the animal a "scaly, chewy" look. Sollasina also included 45 tentacles, another characteristic characteristic of echinoderms, branching out from a central body. The many tentacles reminded the authors "the mass of feelers" supposed to surround the mouth of Cthulhu. However, unlike Cthulhu, the tentacles of Sollasina were not used to swallowing human souls, but they probably helped the animal to crawl around the seafloor of ancient Herefordshire, which is now part of the United Kingdom, and to feed in the center of the body.
A sketch of Cthulhu drawn by its creator, H. P. Lovecraft.
Public domain
When Lovecraft inspired the authors of the discovery, the fossils inspired certain elements of Lovecraft's Cthulhu myth. Cthulhu is featured prominently only in the news of Call of cthulhuHowever, Lovecraft makes some references to the creature in his later works. Mountains of madness is a sci-fi / horror story published by Lovecraft in 1936. In the story told in the first person by geologist William Dyer, one of the few survivors of an Antarctic expedition, he is suggested that fossil traces of ancient monstrous creatures have been found.
The hollow layer was no more than seven or eight feet deep, but extended indefinitely in all directions and had a fresh, slightly moving air suggesting its belonging to a vast underground system. Its roof and floor were abundantly equipped with large stalactites and stalagmites, some of which met in columns; but the most important was, above all, the vast deposit of shells and bones which, in places, almost choked the passage.
Later, the expedition discovers even older fossils in sedimentary layers 500 million years old. Lovecraft apparently based this part on the actual discovery of fossil archaeocathids in the Antarctic, conducted in 1920 by geologist William Thomas Gordon. Archaeocyathids are an extinct group of creatures resembling sponges, which are among the oldest animals on the planet. According to the geological knowledge of the Lovecraft era, there is no more life on Earth 500 million years ago. However, Dyer's expedition finds traces of highly evolved creatures among primitive fossils. They can not be identified and do not seem to belong to this Earth. However, they have some similarities with echinoderms, such as hard skin and a radially symmetrical body.
Found monstrous fossil-shaped barrel of totally unknown nature; probably plant, unless the specimen invaded by unknown marine radiant. Fabric obviously preserved by mineral salts. Hard as leather, but amazing flexibility kept in places.
Lovecraft refers to creatures only as being elder things. Like the terrifying Cthulhu, the things of the elders are millions of years older than the human race. Lovecraft also suggests in his stories the possibility that his creatures are not yet dead, sleeping just under the earth, always waiting to be discovered by paleontologists one day.
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Interpretation of the artist Sollasina cthulhu, a new species of fossil named after H.P. Cthulhu, mythical creature of Lovecraft.
Elissa Martin, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
An exceptionally preserved fossil of a 430 million year old sprawling marine creature reminds an international team of paleontologists the description given by American science fiction and horror author HP Lovecraft of his creature Cthulhu (pronounced "kuh-THOO-loo"), who named the new species described in a recently published scientific article: Sollasina cthulhu. Lovecraft introduced Cthulhu, a strange sprawling monster of unknown origin resting on the bottom of the sea, in his 1926 novel The call of Cthulhu, where he describes him as "a monster with a vaguely anthropoid silhouette, but with an octopus-shaped head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly and rubbery body, prodigious claws on the fore and hind paws, and an long and narrow wings behind. "The anatomical features reconstructed in 3D by paleontologists reveal that Sollasina belongs to the ophiocistioidea, a class of extinct Paleozoic and early Mesozoic echinoderms more closely related to modern sea cucumbers. The skin of echinoderms, including sea cucumbers, sea urchins, crinoids, fragile stars and starfish, is covered with tiny ossicles of calcium carbonate forming an outer shell that is both supple and protective. Some existing species still retain relatively large patches and the three centimeter (1.1 inch) long body of the extinct species was entirely covered with bone plates, giving the animal a "scaly and rubbery" appearance . Sollasina also included 45 tentacles, another characteristic characteristic of echinoderms, branching out from a central body. The many tentacles reminded the authors "the mass of feelers" supposed to surround the mouth of Cthulhu. However, unlike Cthulhu, the tentacles of Sollasina were not used to swallowing human souls, but they probably helped the animal to crawl around the seafloor of ancient Herefordshire, which is now part of the United Kingdom, and to feed in the center of the body.
A sketch of Cthulhu drawn by its creator, H. P. Lovecraft.
Public domain
When Lovecraft inspired the authors of the discovery, the fossils inspired certain elements of Lovecraft's Cthulhu myth. Cthulhu is featured prominently only in the news of Call of cthulhuHowever, Lovecraft makes some references to the creature in his later works. Mountains of madness is a sci-fi / horror story published by Lovecraft in 1936. In the story told in the first person by geologist William Dyer, one of the few survivors of an Antarctic expedition, he is suggested that fossil traces of ancient monstrous creatures have been found.
The hollow layer was no more than seven or eight feet deep, but extended indefinitely in all directions and had a fresh, slightly moving air suggesting its belonging to a vast underground system. Its roof and floor were abundantly equipped with large stalactites and stalagmites, some of which met in columns; but the most important was, above all, the vast deposit of shells and bones which, in places, almost choked the passage.
Later, the expedition discovers even older fossils in sedimentary layers 500 million years old. Lovecraft apparently based this part on the actual discovery of fossil archaeocathids in the Antarctic, conducted in 1920 by geologist William Thomas Gordon. Archaeocyathids are an extinct group of creatures resembling sponges, which are among the oldest animals on the planet. According to the geological knowledge of the Lovecraft era, there is no more life on Earth 500 million years ago. However, Dyer's expedition finds traces of highly evolved creatures among primitive fossils. They can not be identified and do not seem to belong to this Earth. However, they have some similarities with echinoderms, such as hard skin and a radially symmetrical body.
Found monstrous fossil-shaped barrel of totally unknown nature; probably plant, unless the specimen invaded by unknown marine radiant. Fabric obviously preserved by mineral salts. Hard as leather, but amazing flexibility kept in places.
Lovecraft refers to creatures only as being elder things. Like the terrifying Cthulhu, the things of the elders are millions of years older than the human race. Lovecraft also suggests in his stories the possibility that his creatures are not yet dead, sleeping just under the earth, always waiting to be discovered by paleontologists one day.