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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

Happy 151st Birthday to Thomas Davidson, without he we wouldn't have the most amazing series of monographs charting British Brachiopods. At

we have an incredible archive of all his notes which went towards creating the monographs.

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2022-05-17

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

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