Museum Cambrian Explosion Fossils

 

Rare and/or particularly well  preserved fossils that we designate as Museum Fossils

These are some of our favorite fossils, based on some combination of scientific interest, rarity, photography, or simply their beauty. We try to select one each month to post on the home page, as well as acknowledge those who took the time to share them with science.

Banded Iron Archaean Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin Fossil from John Adamek	Enigmatic Hallucigenia Cambrian Spence Shale, Utah	Leanchoilia superlata Early Cambrian Burgess Shale, Stephen Formation, British Columbia	Haikouella lanceolata Primitive Chordate with Xidazoon stephanus Phylum Vetulicolia (?) Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Biota
Luolishania longicruris Lower Cambrian Rarest Lobopodian of the Chengiang Biota	Kuamaia lata Phylum Arthropoda Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, China	Misszhouia longicaudata Phylum Arthropoda Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, China	Burgessia bella Arthropoda Early Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Canada
Waptia ovata Phylum Arthropoda Lower Cambrian Maotianshan Shales John Adamek at Fossil Mall	Naraoia compacta Arthropoda Early Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Canada John Adamek at Fossil Mall	Guangweicaris spinatus Early Arthropod Lower Cambrian Guanshan Fauna Fossils from John Adamek	Canadaspis perfecta Arthropoda Early Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Canada John Adamek at Fossil Mall
Primicaris larvaformis Early Cambrian Arthropod Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales Fossil from John Adamek	Hallucigenia fortis Early Cambrian Lobopodia Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales Fossil from John Adamek	Enigmatic Animal Cambrian Weeks Formation, Utah Courtesy Peter Watson	Ottoia prolifica Phylum Priapulida Burgess Shale, Canada Fish Fossils of John Adamek
Marella splendens Early Cambrian Burgess Shale, Stephen Formation, British Columbia