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Prehistoric Animals 2016-07-11 18:47:21 Post No. 2165619
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Prehistoric Animals Anonymous 2016-07-11 18:47:21 Post No. 2165619 [Report]
How about a Prehistoric/Extinct Animals thread?

I am absolutely fascinated by Cambrian Period fauna, I can't read enough about them.

Could you imagine seeing on of these creatures in the flesh?
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 19:41:26 Post No.2165663
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I also think the Cambrian is the most interesting era. Out of all the scientific mysteries, the Cambrian explosion might bother me the most.
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 20:49:40 Post No.2165720
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Meet Dendrogramma Enigmatica, scientist believe that this little sumbitch is a glimpse to what life during the Ediacaran period might of looked like.
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 20:52:04 Post No.2165725
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>>2165720
Why is it a mushroom cosplayer?
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 20:56:08 Post No.2165726
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>>2165725
Compare the disk of the dendrogramma to fossils of Ediacaran fauna, it could be possible that this is what it looked like in life but only the disk got preserve
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:11:10 Post No.2165732
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:11:10 Post No.2165732 [Report]
Moar

i love the cambrian
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:16:46 Post No.2165739
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>>2165732
Anomalocaris
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:18:39 Post No.2165742
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>>2165739
Ditto
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:20:19 Post No.2165744
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>>2165742
Artist rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:22:34 Post No.2165747
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Opabinia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:23:45 Post No.2165750
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>>2165747
Eyestalks on the Opabinia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:26:35 Post No.2165753
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>>2165750
Artist rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:29:10 Post No.2165757
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Pikaia

>theres some graceful about this fossil, I get a sense of nostalgia and loss looking at it
>I could be autistic too for all I know
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:30:20 Post No.2165759
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>>2165757
Dittorino
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:31:29 Post No.2165760
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>>2165759
Artist rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:33:27 Post No.2165763
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>>2165760
Peytoia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:37:48 Post No.2165766
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>>2165763
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:40:34 Post No.2165767
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>>2165766
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:41:40 Post No.2165768
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>>2165767
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:43:06 Post No.2165770
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>>2165768
Hallucigenia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:49:50 Post No.2165774
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>>2165770
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:52:37 Post No.2165775
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>>2165774
Artist rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:57:02 Post No.2165781
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>>2165775
Ceratages
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 21:59:06 Post No.2165783
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>>2165781
Dicranurus
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:00:00 Post No.2165784
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Keep going op
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:00:49 Post No.2165785
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>>2165783
Same
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:03:12 Post No.2165788
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>>2165785
myllokunmingia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:18:54 Post No.2165799
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>>2165788
Same
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:20:54 Post No.2165801
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>>2165799
Artist rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:24:28 Post No.2165807
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Fuxianhuia
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:25:35 Post No.2165809
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>>2165807
Same
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:26:58 Post No.2165811
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>>2165809
Artist Rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:28:14 Post No.2165812
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>>2165811
Odontogriphus
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:29:30 Post No.2165815
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>>2165812
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:33:41 Post No.2165819
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>>2165815
Artist Rendition

>ayyy lmaoo
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:37:41 Post No.2165823
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>>2165819
Marrella
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:38:43 Post No.2165824
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>>2165823
Marrella again
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:39:54 Post No.2165825
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>>2165824
Oops
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:42:44 Post No.2165828
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>>2165825
Artisy Rendition
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 22:47:29 Post No.2165832
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>>2165828
And thats all I got folks
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Anonymous 2016-07-11 23:24:24 Post No.2165847
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>>2165744
I think a pokemon called "anorith" was inspired by this
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 16:07:43 Post No.2166225
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>>2165744
Jesus, it's like a camel spider with fins.
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 16:30:42 Post No.2166236
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>>2165832
Thanks
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 17:32:04 Post No.2166255
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>>2165775
Outdated artist's rendition.
We now know that Hallucigenia was actually a pokemon
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 17:34:53 Post No.2166256
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What, no Tullimonstrum love?
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 17:36:11 Post No.2166257
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>>2166256
Can you believe this little shit was second-cousin to lampreys?
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Anonymous 2016-07-12 18:26:11 Post No.2166278
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>>2166257
>>2166256
I want to see that creature move around
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 22:03:22 Post No.2167093
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 22:03:22 Post No.2167093 [Report]
>tfw one of those fossil might be what is left of your great great ... great grandfather
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 22:11:24 Post No.2167098
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>>2166257
Woah, looks like something created in the Spore Creature Creator™.
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 04:50:26 Post No.2168501
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>>2166257
Thanks, that's amazing, any other neat agnathans? I'm only really familiar with the two modern ones and this design on a fish is just blowing my mind.
Pic related just to contribute. Technically prehistoric because Hawaii circa writing.
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