Uttara Kannada Udmudey Beach. The rocky beaches of Uttara Kannada District harbor the invertebrates belonging to the phyla Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata. Attiveri bird sanctuary is home to 79 species of birds including migratory birds from 22 countries. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for the elusive black panther among other animals like gaur, tiger and leopards. The Kavala caves with their . High natural Shiva linga, Synthery rocks is a high rock flanked by natural caves and waterfalls, Vincholi rapids, Sykes point which offers a view of Kali river, and a suspension bridge are places worth visiting in this
Tullimonstrum characteristics of the well-known modern phyla, it was speculated that it was representative of a stem group to one of the many phyla of worms that are poorly represented today. Similarities with Cambrian fossil organisms were noted. Chen "et al." suggested similarities to "Vetustovermis planus". Others pointed to a general resemblance between "Tullimonstrum" and "Opabinia regalis", although Cave "et al." noted that they were too morphologically dissimilar to be related. In 2016 a morphological study showed that "Tullimonstrum" may have been a basal vertebrate, and thus a member of the phylum Chordata, with one study suggesting "Tullimonstrum" may be closely