#cambrian critter

[hungrychasmofthesun]

My son

Hallucigenia

[the-dragon-girl-27]

drawing along with the flocking paleostream

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Image 1 by Junnn11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Image 2 by Qohelet12 - Own work, CC BY 4.0

[styllwaters]

A couple of cute Cambrian inspired adoptables I designed for fun! These two are up for offers on my Toyhouse! (Link in the replies) <3

[joemomrgneissguy]

It has been a long, long time coming...

HAPPY CAMBRIAN WEEK!

If all of the Earth's history was a year, this week (2pm Nov. 18 to 9:30pm Nov. 22) marks the Cambrian period.

A remarkable leap forward in the evolution of life on earth, the animals that had just arrived on the scene during the Ediacaran period developed hard shells and bones during this time, and began to rapidly radiate into all sorts of new and unique organisms. So many new species came out of this transition that it is often known as the Cambrian Explosion.

Such charismatic critters as anomalocaris canadensis, hallucigenia, and countless early trilobites came about during this time, as well as the many other weird and wonderful residents of the Burgess Shale and beyond.

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The continents of Gondwana and Laurentia are still barren at this time. Life is still restricted to the seas, but that will soon begin to change.

Would love to hear y'all's favorite Cambrian critters for this geo anniversary. How will you celebrate?

Next stop: the Ordovician!

[froggiewizarddesigns]

Party Opabinia! Available in sticker and art print form in my shop!

[goblindelacreme]

Cambrian Deep Dive Dump acros Eons

[big-frog]

Drew this wee guy bec Anomalocaris is my friend

[ravewing]

hi guys ummm i have a pinterest account where i exclusively upload the little anomalocaris . i post them as soon as i make them and sometimes i forget to upload here so you should totally follow me for asap little anomalocaris friends

[r4v3nzcr0ws]

cambrian fancam

[vickysaurus]

I adore this track so much. It's so weird and fun and alien, just like the ammonites.

[spoofyleaf]

“College won’t tolerate this”

Oh really? Because I got myself a bonus point on an exam for doodling an opabinia doing a kick flip. Professor told me if I had also drawn an anomalocaris I would of gotten another point so,,,

[mossy-covered-bones]

Hm. i wanna get a tattoo

[ppossumist]

[emo-eyemakeup-evildude]

You have been visited by this creature.

(Wikimedia) (just to make sure)

OPABINIA REGALIS MY BELOVED 🥺

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Anomalocaris was officially a critter!

Submitted for classification by @mc-cookies

"have you done a poll for anomalocaris canadensis? this weird prehistoric lad from the cambrian explosion, who was one of the first apex predators to subsist primarily on other animals, and all around a silly fellow"

Image 1 - By Junnn11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0