Fossil-based renderings of the mollusks reveal that both species possessed numerous spines, offering them a counterculture aesthetic that has since informed their scientific names. The researchers ...
Fossils of two prehistoric marine molluscs with distinctive spiky “hairstyles” have been discovered and named Punk and Emo. Their strange appearance highlights the ancient diversity of ...
These recently discovered species have now been named “Punk” and “Emo” by paleontologists, a pair of molluscs that exhibit striking similarities to their music-identifying namesakes.