Hallucigenia Animal Pictures

Hallucigenia sparsa

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creatures of the Cambrian period, underwater scene with Anomalocaris, Opabinia, Hallucigenia, Pirania and Dinomischus (3d science illustration)

Hallucigenia
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Hallucigenia fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale deposits in southeastern British Columbia in Canada.

Hallucigenia, prehistoric aquatic animal from the Cambrian Period (3d paleoart rendering)

Hallucigenia
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Hallucigenia was one of the earliest life forms in the earth's prehistoric ocean.

Hallucigenia, prehistoric aquatic animals from the Cambrian Period (3d paleoart illustration banner)

Hallucigenia
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The exact period of the Halluceigenia's extinction isn't known, but they probably didn't survive past the Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event, which occurred approximately 488 million years ago.