Cambrian Creatures

In my previous post I explored various aspects of the Cambrian period, and briefly covered Anomalocaris. However, there are several other weird and wonderful species that are characteristic of the Cambrian. Size Comparison Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsNB Anomalocaris is shown here to be larger than now thought (Lerosey-Aubril & Pates,Continue

Elasmosaurus

Quick stats: When: Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Where: North America What: Long-necked plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous Size: 10.3 (34ft) Meaning of name: Flat-Tailed Thin-Plate Lizard Diet: Piscivore “File:Elasmosaurus skeletal.png” by Wedel & Taylor is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “File:Elasmosaurus2.jpg” by No machine-readable author provided. ArthurWeasley~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).is licensed under CC BY 2.5 Elasmosaurus had theContinue

Dunkleosteus

Quick Stats: When: Late Devonian period Where: Morocco, Europe, North America (Cleveland shale in Ohio is home to the most famous specimens) What: Armoured Prehistoric Fish Size: 10m (33ft) Meaning of name: Dunkle’s Bone Diet: Carnivorous (meat eater) “Dunkleosteus” by BWJones is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 “Dunkleosteus terrelli (fossil fish) (Cleveland Shale Member, Ohio Shale, Upper Devonian; RockyContinue