A newly discovered fossil has been named Serpula alicecooperi in honor of Alice Cooper. The 190-million-year-old serpulid worm was discovered by Mette Hoftstedt in Hasle Sandstone on the Danish Island of Bornholm.
The fossil was handed over to the Geomuseum Faxe in Denmark for studying and identification. The study was conducted by researchers Tomas Koči from the Natural History Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, Jesper Milàn and Sten Lennart Jakobsen from Geomuseum Faxe, Denmark, and Arden Basforth from the Natural History Museum of Denmark. Milàn commented:
“When we studied the fossil, it quickly became clear that it was a new and unknown species of serpulid worm we were dealing with. Being both a palaeontologist and a huge fan of metal and rock music, I have always thought that if somebody deserved to have a fossil named in his honor, it should be Alice for his enormous impact on the musical scene during the last half decade, and his music has been firmly playing in the background during much of my research.
Serpulid worms were pioneers in their particular lifestyle when they first evolved, and they became an abundant element in the ocean’s ecosystems at the beginning of the Jurassic period, about 190 million years ago, and they are still around to this very day. Alice was a pioneer of the shock rock scene when he arrived during the late sixties, and he is still around to this very day.”
The scientific paper was published in the Bulletin Of The Geological Society Of Denmark. If you’re curious and would like to read more, you can download it HERE.
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