David Campbell (bivalve@email.unc.edu) wrote:
> The genus is Tullimonstrum; I think I misspelled it. The only reference I
> have quickly located is mention in the text of Wonderful Life. A book on
> the Mazon Creek fauna recently appeared, but I do not have a copy. The
> Carboniferous Tully monster does not resemble the one on Sesame Street.
The Tully Monster is the Illinois State Fossil. You can find a picture of it at
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols/fossil.html
This page also has a link to more information on Mazon Creek at
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/mazon_creek/
Sesame Street's Telly Monster can be found at
http://www.ctw.org/sesame/ggawards/telly/0,1305,4262,00.html. As David
said, they don't resemble one another :^)
Steve
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