Colymbosathon ecplecticos, or you can't make this stuff up.

[bayonet1976]

From this article :

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossil crustacean whose scientific name is “swimmer with a large penis” is the earliest clear example of a male animal, British researchers reported on Thursday.

It shows that ostracodes – extremely common water-dwelling creatures – have evolved little in hundreds of millions of years, said David Siveter of the University of Leicester.

He and colleagues named it Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which means "swimmer with a large penis."

Siveter, in a telephone interview, said the 0.2-inch creature probably lived on marine shelves, about 500 to 650 feet deep.

“This crustacean clearly could swim,” said Siveter.

And there was another striking feature, he added.

“It is certainly the oldest penis in the world, that’s for certain.”

It speaks for itself, I only wish they’d included a picture so I could’ve gazed upon the world’s oldest, best preserved, largest fossil crustacean penis.

[That_Insufferable_Jerk]

I knew that photographer was up to no good.
I’m done with speedos

[Zebra]

I wonder which part of Colymbosathon ecplecticos means “large penis” and then I wonder who is going to change their user name first.

[Ponder_Stibbons]

You want a picture? Here you go.

[bayonet1976]

*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons *
**You want a picture? Here you go. **

Nice pictures, but I like the decription:

The creature’s copulatory organ is a shadowy orange part toward the bottom.

[bughunter]

*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons *
**You want a picture? Here you go. **

Well, my ghawd…

The person who named that flea-looking thing was clearly delusional.

That penis can’t be any larger than half a millimeter. Mine’s about 300 times as big as that.

[Briny_Deep]

Some crustacean authority in Britain said on NPR today, this is all over the science news mostly because of the penis bit. I know I was just itching to post a thread titled “astounding swimmer with a large penis”, which is the phrase I keep seeing today.

The Telegraph headline was “425m-year-old penis found”. No, indeed you can’t make this stuff up!