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Burgess Shale arthropod

Dorsal reconstruction of the primitive marine arthropod, Marrella splendens, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. By far the most abundant animal of the Burgess Shale fauna, these small, delicate "lace crabs" probably swarmed in groups just above the seafloor where they fed on zooplankton and organic debris. More than a third of fossils recovered from the Burgess Shale belong to this species. They range in size from 2.5 to 19 mm.
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Burgess Shale arthropod
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Dorsal reconstruction of the primitive marine arthropod, Marrella splendens, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. By far the most abundant animal of the Burgess Shale fauna, these small, delicate "lace crabs" probably swarmed in groups just above the seafloor where they fed on zooplankton and organic debris. More than a third of fossils recovered from the Burgess Shale belong to this species. They range in size from 2.5 to 19 mm.
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5100 x 4200 px | 61.3 MB
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43.2 x 35.6 cm | 17.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANIMAL FOSSIL • ANIMAL FOSSILS • ANIMAL • ARTHOPODA • ARTHROPOD • ARTHROPODA • ARTHROPODS • BRITISH COLUMBIA • BRITISH COLUMBIAN • BURGESS SHALE FORMATION • BURGESS SHALE FOSSIL • BURGESS SHALE FOSSILS • BURGESS SHALE • BURGESS • CAMBRIAN PERIOD • CAMBRIAN • CANADA • EXTINCT ANIMAL • EXTINCT ANIMALS • EXTINCT • EXTINCTION • FAUNA • FOSSIL ANIMAL • FOSSIL ANIMALS • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED • FOSSILS • ILLUSTRATED • ILLUSTRATION • LACE CRAB • LACE CRABS • MARINE ARTHROPOD • MARINE ARTHROPODS • MARRELLA SPLENDENS • MARRELLA • MIDDLE CAMBRIAN PERIOD • MIDDLE CAMBRIAN • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PALEOZOIC ERA • PALEOZOIC • PREHISTORIC ANIMAL • PREHISTORIC ANIMALS • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORY • RECONSTRUCTION • RECONSTRUCTIONS • WILDLIFE