Kalloprion Kilmisteri & Kingnites Diamondi

Science, a subject Metal fans have a knack for. When it comes to understanding things in ways most people can't/won't, we go there and give the genetic deep thorough thought process. Our mental capacity is above average at worst, and our society is able to make the most out of things the average person are just unable to do so due to being behind in the evolution chain.

Today we look at how one of our own, Dr. Mats E Eriksson (Associate Professor of Paleontology - Department of Geology at Lund University in Lund, Sweden), managed to find 2 specimens of worms from our planets very ancient past and christen them after 2 of Heavy Metals key icons, Lemmy Kilmister (official scientific name Kalloprion Kilmisteri) and King Diamond (official scientific name Kingnites diamondi).

The first of the 2, Kalloprion Kilmisteri, is a 428-million year old jaw of a extinct marine polychaete annelid worm that was found found in the Silurian strata of Gotland, Sweden (Talk about finding something Metal in a Metal place).

The second of the 2, Kingnites diamondi, is a 420-million year old bone and jaw remains of a polychaete annelid (another marine worm) was found in Silurian rocks in Sweden and Estonia (look, I know Scandinavia is a hot bed for Metal both in the modern and ancient worlds, but this is really taking away from the Vikings as being the first Metalheads).

Credits: Blabbermouth (Kalloprion Kilmisteri story here & Kingnites diamondi story here) for the news and Bravewords and Bloody Knuckles (Story here) for the fossil pictures and Terrorizer (Pic found here) for the pic of the good doc.