Cambrian Explosion Illustration (IMAGE)

Santa Fe Institute

Cambrian Explosion Illustration

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This is an illustration of marine fossils that have existed since the Cambrian. Represented taxa include brachiopods, trilobites, ammonites, bivalves, and decapods.

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Mesa Shumacher/Santa Fe Institute

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