Scaled Ancient
Common Name[]
Scaled Ancient
Scientific Name[]
Paleosquamus saurus
Description[]
This is unlike any other photobiont that's been seen so far! It's likely that it represents a new Family - or perhaps a new Order! It does have characters that we've seen on other photobionts - the cnidaria, the polystem - but the scale-like protuberances are unlike anything we've seen on this planet. I don't know why these 'leaves' are selected for on this organism, but it seems to be an effective strategy - this is by far the largest photobiont we've seen thus far. --Jane Van Susteren, Exobiology Lead
Location[]
Two scaled ancients, one smaller and one very large, are located on the same peninsula where the lander is. The larger one is easily visible from a distance, though players who have never seen it before often mistake it for a motobiont until they view it up close. They are to the west of the lander.