Prehistoric "Seafood"

 

Tiny head, plump body measuring 7cm long – wanna try this fleshy shrimp? 

 

You need a time machine taking you back to Cambrian period. Known as zhangi, chimeric fossil of this Cambrian “shrimp” forms a key ‘missing link’ in the origin of arthropods. 

 

Photos of Fossils: Dr. ZENG Han, Animation: TAN Chao, Contributor: LIU Yun.

 

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

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