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Image reference: 21974
Title:
Burgess Shale scene
Description:
Sea floor in Cambrian times. Anomalocaris with hooked claws, Pikaia is the eel-like chordate, Hallucigenia on the sea bed and Marrella.
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Collection: Dinosaurs and Extinct Species
Category: Fish & Amphibians
Keywords: ancient, anomalocaris, burgess shale, cambrian, chordate, extinct, hallucigenia, illustration, marella, pikaia, scene, seafloor, sibbick, john
Common name:
Anomalocaris
© John Sibbick/NHMPL
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| | The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing rock formation created over 500 million years ago by a huge mud slide located in British Columbia, Canada. These shales contain more than 120 species of marine invertebrate fossils and are also one of the worlds most important fossil sites and are of UNESCO World Heritage status.
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