#Aliens and #Biology : 1, 2, 3, n #eyes !
Alien #Cyclops in #BeloHorizonte #Brazil
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#MosuraFentoni,a new #radiodont from the #BurgessShale.
#fossil 3eyes
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#Myllokunmingiid #4eyes
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This Cambrian creature possessed a pair of branching tentacles and a flexible body that curved helically to the right like a ram's horn and was divided into at least 13 segments. A flexible, extensible stolon emerged from the body at about the ninth segment and secured the animal to the sea floor.
So many strange creatures!
And then there’s the curious herpetogaster…
#BurgessShale
Listened to a podcast about weird evolutionary paths critters took and it was mostly about #BurgessShale cuties. I should see if there's a set of magnets for those on Etsy or something.
Also, puzzling out what they looked like from the #fossils? Madness. I doff my hat to ya. #science #cambrian
Pleased to share our latest exhibit, featuring some of the most fantastic looking #fossils from the #BurgessShale. Now on display in the @manitobamuseum.bsky.social lobby, so come on by and take a peek!
It's the creatures of the Burgess Shale in paper model form! Make our model to about the plants & animals from 505 million years ago & how they are related to modern life forms including us! Learn more here: buff.ly/lIFrY5C
#EduSky #burgessshale #fossils #earthscience #geography #scienceteacher
View from the Burgess Shale
This is Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada. We took a (supervised) hike up to the famous Burgess Shale site, where thousands of Cambrian (~580 million years old) fossils have been discovered.
#photography #landscape #travel #Yoho #Canada #BurgessShale
For anyone in Toronto in Oct. -
50 years of discovery: #BurgessShale research @romtoronto.bsky.social
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#FossilFriday
A poster describing the event. There's a headshot of Dr. Caron wearing a hard hat. In the background is a picture of a trilobite.
A poster describing the sunset fossil tour. There's a silhouette of a theropod in front of a sunset.
A poster for Palaeo Palooza! it features a snarling tyrannosaur. There are little bubble cutouts of fun activities that have happened in previous years.
Alberta Palaeo Events!
Wed., Aug. 6 - Calgary - Dr. Caron's public lecture about the Burgess Shale!
Sat., Aug. 9 - Warner - Sunset Fossil Site Tour!
Sat., Aug. 9 - Sun., Aug. 10 - Grande Prairie - Palaeo Palooza!
#palaeontology #fossils #burgessshale #yyc #alberta #warner #grandeprairie
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#BurgessShale
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Close-up image of a small fossil polychaete "bristle worm". The slightly curved body is preserved as a flattened film on a flecked grey mudstone matrix. Small paired bundles of lateral setae show up as silvery reflections along the length of the worm. A dark, slightly reflective ribbon-like trace down the mid-line marks the gut. The "head" of the worm is to the right, and at the rear end a short dark stain is interpreted as gut contents extruded after burial. This is yet another superb specimen in the Invertebrate Palaeontology collections of the Royal Ontario Museum. For more information, see: https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossils/burgessochaeta-setigera/
Gotta slip in a late-in-the-day #WormWednesday post: Burgessochaeta setigera is a #fossil stem-group #polychaete from the #BurgessShale. Nice reflective setae in this specimen + an infilled gut trace. Approx. 25 mm long - anterior to right. #Cambrian (~508 MYA), #YohoNP, #BritishColumbia 🇨🇦
Early animal evolution 3: the rise of arthropods
Part 5 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez.
youtu.be/g6g-AKxOf3Y
#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils
Early animal evolution 2: the origin of shells and jaws
Part 4 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez.
youtu.be/rxdJF_MW6ig
#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils
Early animal evolution 1: from sponges to vertebrates
Part 3 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez.
youtu.be/e089M8nRSb0
#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils
The Burgess Shale and life 508 million years ago
Part 2 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez.
youtu.be/d02oyfreEhQ
#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils
The Cambrian Explosion and the diversification of animals
Part 1 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez.
youtu.be/vQBDWh1UyBU
#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils
The Cambrian Explosion and the diversification of animals
Part 1 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo López
@X/trichodes for @palaeocast.bsky.social
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#cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale
A plump fossil priapulid worm is preserved flattened on a dark shale surface. The annulated trunk is strongly curved into a hook shape, with the narrower anterior region at the right end. The entire fossil appears as a golden brown film in this image. A lighter coloured linear trace marking the gut tract runs from the anterior end (where the proboscis is withdrawn) to the posterior tip. This is one of many fine specimens of Ottoia prolifica in the Invertebrate Palaeontology collections of the Royal Ontario Museum. For more details, see: https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossils/ottoia-prolifica/
Ottoia prolifica: a stem-group #priapulid #worm, ~7 cm in length, from the world famous #BurgessShale in #BritishColumbia 🇨🇦. Strongly annulate trunk, anterior to right w retracted proboscis & introvert hooks; pale linear trace along inner curve = gut #Cambrian (~508 MYA) #WormWednesday #fossil
Mosura fentoni is a newly discovered species of radiodont that lived over 500 million years ago. This ancient creature sheds light on the early evolution of arthropods—the group that includes moths, crabs, and spiders.
#MosuraFentoni #FossilDiscovery #BurgessShale #AncientLife #ArthropodEvolution
In which @peterefenton.bsky.social, my longtime friend, esteemed colleague, and frequent fieldwork collaborator, is deservedly honoured for his decades of service to @romtoronto.bsky.social. Meet the newly minted Mosura fentoni!! #BurgessShale #Cambrian #Radiodonta #SciArt by Danielle Dufault
Artwork by Danielle Dufault © ROM
Artwork by Danielle Dufault © ROM
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Introducing Mosura fentoni, a new radiodont from the #BurgessShale.
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…
This #fossil species has 3 eyes, spiny claws, wing-shaped swimming flaps, and a unique abdomen-like body region.
🦴 Earliest Fossil at BRLSI!
This striking trilobite, #Ogygopsis, scuttled across the seafloor over 505 million years ago!
Come and visit us to see it for yourself...
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#PetrificationExhibition #BRLSI #Trilobite #Fossils #DeepTime #CambrianExplosion #BurgessShale
We choose to make paper models of things we find fascinating. That's why we made the creatures of the Burgess Shale! This fossil site has the 505 million year old preserved bodies of soft bodied creatures. Find out more here: bit.ly/43On0HJ
#EduSky #burgessshale #fossils
#TrilobiteTuesday A retrospective -- as are so many of my posts. Back to 2009 & our intl conference marking the centenary of the discovery of the #BurgessShale by CD Walcott. Ogygopsis klotzi moults -- seen on an excursion to the Mt Stephen #fossil beds -- Cambrian (~508 MYA) #YohoNationalPark 🇨🇦
Go back 505 million years ago to meet the creatures of the Burgess Shale with our paper model! Learn more about this model here: bit.ly/43On0HJ
#EduSky #burgessshale #fossils #geography #geographyteacher
Vibrant cover of a colouring book featuring outline drawing reconstructions of Burgess Shale arthropods, including Anomalocaris, Hurdia, Odaraia, and Canadaspis. The animals are depicted as swimming towards the viewer in an expanding array. Some outlines are partly coloured in. Illustrations and text by Marianne Collins, with co-author Kathy Taerum. The book was published in 2016 by The Burgess Shale Research Foundation, with the assistance of a grant from the Canadian Geoscience Foundation.
Outline illustrations of several different Burgess Shale trilobite species, along with Naraoia (a non-trilobite artthropod) and Pagetia (a member of the controversial eodiscids). Curving dotted lines in parallel pairs represent trackways made by the animals walking on the sea bed.
Before I dare look at the news this morning, here's a different #TrilobiteTuesday offering: a nifty colouring book I did some consulting for several years ago featuring #BurgessShale #SciArt #PaleoArt by the incomparable Marianne Collins. It's not ALL about #trilobites, but who's complaining?
A dark grey-black reflective fossil film on grey rock, showing a superbly preserved segmented worm. The worm is folded back on itself, and displays paired lateral parapodia with flattened chaetae. Part of the fossil is surrounded by small marks where some of the overlying rock matrix has been carefully chipped away to reveal more of the specimen.
Colourful artist's reconstruction of a Cambrian polychaete worm, showing head region with palps & antenna + paired biramous parapodia. Below is a simplified phylogeny with Canadia spinosa in the annelid stem group. From Parry & Caron 2019: Canadia spinosa and the early evolution of the annelid nervous system. Science Advances 5(9).
Flying the flag 🇨🇦 for #WormWednesday with an iconic #BurgessShale #fossil: #Canadia spinosa, a beautifully preserved #Cambrian polychaete w paired anterior palps & other soft body parts, from the incredible collections of @romtoronto.bsky.social. #SciArt by Marianne Collins in Parry & Caron 2019.
