File:Burgess Shale reconstruction.jpg
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This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed. Reason: Inaccurate depiction of relative sizes of Amiskwia and Opabinia. Bioluminescence is original research, as phylogenetic bracketing suggests its absence. Bioluminescence is much brighter than biologically plausible. |
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DescriptionBurgess Shale reconstruction.jpg |
English: (Drawn for the 2019 Lanzendorf contest by Christian M)
“Wonderful Life” Deep in the early Cambrian ocean, below the shadow of the Cathedral Escarpment (A giant rock shelf formation), life goes on as normal. Bioluminescent Amiskwia swim in groups, trying to escape the carnivorous Opabinia. It can walk on the sea floor with legs, or swim through the water with undulating fins. Among the algae, strange sponge relatives called Choia exist, holding themselves just above the rock surface. Hallucigenia sparsa feed on the marine snow that falls, catching it on hairy tentacles and shoving it in their mouths. Aysheaia feed on sponges called Vauxia, which grow on the rocky substrate. Preying on hard shelled animals like trilobites, using its armoured antennae to break open armour, Anomalocaris dwarfs everything. It is followed closely by a shoal of Pikaia, which survive by feeding the scraps left behind when Anomalcaris finishes messily ingesting it’s prey with a horrifying circular mouth part. It can see Opabinia with the best eyes that would ever evolve for millions of years, only rivalled by dragonflies and possibly griffinflies. The Opabinia, though it has 5 compound eyes, still has a more limited resolution, and doesn’t notice the Anomalocaris swimming towards it through the gloom of the depths. |
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