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Burgess Shale animal

Reconstruction of the problematic animal, Anomalocaris canadensis, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. By far the largest animal in the Burgess Shale fauna this creature of unknown affinity reached lengths of half a meter. Anomalocarids have been discovered in China, Greenland, Australia, and North America.

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Burgess Shale animal

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Reconstruction of the problematic animal, Anomalocaris canadensis, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. By far the largest animal in the Burgess Shale fauna this creature of unknown affinity reached lengths of half a meter. Anomalocarids have been discovered in China, Greenland, Australia, and North America.

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6900 x 3000 px | 59.2 MB

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58.4 x 25.4 cm | 23.0 x 10.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANIMAL FOSSIL • ANIMAL FOSSILS • ANIMAL • ANOMALOCARID • ANOMALOCARIDS • ANOMALOCARIS CANADENSIS • ANOMALOCARIS • 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 • MIDDLE CAMBRIAN PERIOD • MIDDLE CAMBRIAN • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PALEOZOIC ERA • PALEOZOIC • PREHISTORIC ANIMAL • PREHISTORIC ANIMALS • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORY • RECONSTRUCTION • RECONSTRUCTIONS • WILDLIFE