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English: Marrella splendens fossil from the Burgess Shale. On display at Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. The caption of this specimen at the museum is as follows:
Burgess Shale
Marrella splendens
UF-IP 12941
From Canada, British Columbia
Lived ~500 million years ago
This "Lace Crab" is the most common animal found in the Burgess Shale. Scientists once thought that it was related to trilobites. Surprisingly, it's neither a crab nor a trilobite, it's an arthropod that lived and fed in mud of the ancient seafloor. Extremely well-preserved specimens helped scientists discover that these arthropods had an iridescent sheen and were very colorful.
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Marrella splendens from Burgess Shale

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