Cambrian Explosion Gallery

Trilobite

15″w x 10″h x 2″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

About 20,000 kinds of trilobites once existed, varying in size from less than 3 mm to over a foot.


Anomalocaris

17″w x 5″h x 6″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

Largest Cambrian animal: over a meter long.
A fast-swimming predator with head appendages that captured prey


Yohoia

17″ w x 6″h x 4″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

Swam near the sea bottom, capturing prey with its large claw-tipped limbs.
Size: 7 to 23 mm long.


Perspicaris

18″w x 7″h x 5″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

A swimming predator, with good eyes.
Probably a kind of crustacean.
Size: 2.24 cm


Wiwaxia

6″w x 9″h x 4″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

Probably attached to the sea floor.
Size: 40 mm


Takakkawai

16″ x 6″w x 6″d
Watercolor, paper, glue

An unusual sponge form.
Probably attached to the sea floor.
Size: 40 mm