Reconstruction of the armored lobopodian Cardiodictyon catenulum (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Reconstruction of the armored lobopodian Cardiodictyon catenulum

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Artist's impression of an individual 525-million-year-old Cardiodictyon catenulum on the shallow coastal sea floor, emerging from the shelter of a small stromatolite built by photosynthetic bacteria.

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Nicholas Strausfeld/University of Arizona

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