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Opabinia regalis

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prehistoric underwater life forms in the ocean shortly after the Cambrian explosion Creatures of the Cambrian period, underwater scene with Anomalocaris, Opabinia, Hallucigenia, Pirania and Dinomischus (3d science illustration)

Cambrian, Exploding, Sea, Ancient, Paleozoic Era
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Opabinia regalis, from the Cambrian Burgess Shale. Digital. Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) / CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opabinia_BW2.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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

3d science rendering of creatures of the Cambrian period

A 3-D science rendering of the underwater habitat and creatures of the Cambrian period.

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