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Agnostus pisiformis (
Linnaeus, 1757) as depicted in the 47th plate of
Ernst Haeckel's
Kunstformen der Natur..
Photo credit:
User:Micha L. Rieser
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Life size model (about 60 cm) of
Laggania cambria (
Anomalocarididae) in the
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde of
Karlsruhe, Germany. The model is based on fossils from
Burgess Shale (
middle Cambrian), Canada.
Photo credit: H. Zell
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Elrathia kingii,
Cambrian (540 myo),
Wheeler Shale,
Utah,
USA.
Photo credit:
User:DanielCD
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Reconstruction of
Haikouichthys ercaicunensis.
Photo credit:
User:Talifero
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Various species of
Cambrian
sponge-like animals, known as
Archaeocyathans. Counterclockwise, from the upper left corner,
Coscinoptycta zunyiensis,
Kotuyicyathus debilis,
Tumuliolynthus musatovi,
Beltanacyathus digitus,
Fransuasaecyathus novus,
Orbicyathus mongolicus, Center,
Paranacyathus subartus.
Photo credit: Stanton F. Fink
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A reconstruction (drawing) of the appearance of
Wiwaxia corrugata, a rather unusual
invertebrate form the
lower Cambrian.
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User:Apokryltaros
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Various members of the
phylum
Vetulicolia, found in the
Maotianshan shale biota, of the
Early Cambrian. From top,
Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi,
Heteromorphus longicaudatus,
Vetulicola cuneata,
Xidazoon stephanus, and
Yunnanozoon lividum.
Photo credit: Stanton F. Fink
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Opabinia regalis, an enigmatic animal from the
middle Cambrian
Burgess Shale of British Columbia.
Photo credit: Nobu Tamura
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Life restoration of
Ottoia in natural environment with nearby
Haplophrentis.
Photo credit:
User:Smokeybjb
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Reconstruction of the famous
Cambrian organism,
Hallucigenia sparsa.
Photo credit: Stanton F. Fink
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Size comparison of selected
Burgess Shale fauna and a human.
Photo credit: Matt Martyniuk
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This
trilobite species is
Asaphiscus wheeleri. These come from the
Cambrian-age
Wheeler shale from
Millard County,
Utah (
USA). It is near
Antelope Springs.
Photo credit:
User:DanielCD
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Nectocaris pteryx after the reconstruction in Smith & Caron 2010.
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User:Citron
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Ventral view of
Burgessia bella from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 85, Number 3, Figure 3 (on page 16).
Photo credit: Charles Elmer Resser
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Ventral view of
Naraoia compacta from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 85, Number 3, Figure 1 (on page 10).
Photo credit: Charles Elmer Resser