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Fuxianhuia protensa ... very early Cambrian. Maybe 525 million years ago or earlier.

This art comes from a quite different part of the human brain than the brachiopod's cartoons ... but both are valid interpretations of the rare fossil evidence.


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2022-09-24

Day 1 of :3

the wonderful little brachiopod!!

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2021-12-02

I spotted these fossil brachiopods and snails in the walls of Beech Farm Cottages, Wrelton, near Pickering.

https://t.co/va2BIEDYSp

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2021-07-31

We are so excited to share our new logo! Designed by ' Dr Jed Atkinson, it combines the iconic white rose of Yorkshire with common Carboniferous fossils of the Yorkshire Dales! The petals are productid brachiopods and the rose centre is a cross section through a coral.

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2021-07-26

The Holotype of Hyolithes baconi from the Ordovician Trenton Fm. in Rock County, WI. Hyolitha is a particularly enigmatic group, but was recently classified as a lophophorate, making it closely related to brachiopods. Type Collection

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2020-12-12

For here's Haplophrentis carinatus from Stanley Glacier (#BurgessShale) with feeding tentacles preserved. This was a key that provided a link between and and it may have a cameo in my upcoming NPGS talk...
https://t.co/85Hb9E961N

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2019-11-09

Week 4 introduced edrioasteroids.

I always describe them as a combination of starfish and barnacles. They would attach to hard ground or brachiopods. The 5 point symmetry is obvious.

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2019-03-14

Here's the art that I contributed to the study. It was a pleasure to work on this strange little stem-brachiopod! https://t.co/KOQTbEUkiC

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2017-01-12

Our April 2013 bulletin cover: Late Ordovician (Katian; Richmondian) brachiopod *Eochonetes clarksvillensis*

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2015-03-02