Marine Life during the Cambrian Explosion (IMAGE)

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Marine Life during the Cambrian Explosion

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This image shows marine life during the Cambrian explosion (~520 million years ago). A giant Anomalocaris investigates a trilobite, while Opabinia looks on from the right and the "walking cactus" Diania crawls underneath. All of these creatures are related to living arthropods.

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Katrina Kenny & Nobumichi Tamura

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