Branchiocaris
Appearance
Branchiocaris Temporal range: Mid Cambrian
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Genus: | Branchiocaris
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Branchiocaris is a Cambrian organism known from Burgess shale-type localities.[1] Template:Gpb abundance
In popular culture
This fossil appears on TV show 'The Simpsons', chapter: 'Lisa, the sceptic', behind the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (Wonderful Life's author).
External links
References
- ^ Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X, OCLC 231793738