Burgess Shale animations

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------------------------------------ • These are computer-generated image (CGI) animations of the Burgess Shale Biota (Middle Cambrian, southeastern British Columbia, Canadian Rockies) composed by on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, USA. • Organisms moving around include Opabinia regalis (= dinocarid arthropod), Ottoia prolifica (= priapulid worm), Marrella splendens (= marrellomorph arthropod), Olenoides serratus (= polymeroid trilobite), Anomalocaris canadensis (= dinocarid arthropod), Wiwaxia corrugata (= polychaete annelid worm), Hallucigenia sparsa (= lobopod), Canadia spinosa (= polychaete annelid worm), Eldonia ludwigi (= lophophorate or holothurian), Odaraia alata (= • branchiopod arthropod), and Scenella amii (= helcionelloid mollusc). • Background organisms that aren't really moving around include sponges and algae. • For an introduction to the geology of the Burgess Shale and its world-famous fossils, see: • http://www.jsjgeology.net/Marrella-sp... • ------------------------------------

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