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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.
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Reconstruction of Haikouichthys ercaicunensis.
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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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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.
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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.
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Nectocaris pteryx after the reconstruction in Smith & Caron 2010.
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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