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Beecher Bed trilobite at gem and mineral show
http://www.fossilmall.com/fossil-shows/tucson/TucsonFossilShow.htm
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Anomalocaris fossil, Burgess Shale
http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/science/burgess-shale/03-fossils.php
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Beecher Bed Trilobite, Pyritized
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Ophiocordyceps is a parasitic fungus of ants like Camponotus leonardi. Fossil foliage reveals that this relationship has existed for at least 48 million years.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/08/scienceshot-zombies-thrived-on.html?ref=hp
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Crinoid fossils with red arrow indicating arm lost to predation.
Crinoids were heavily preyed upon when fishes and sharks began diversifying, so crinoids began to develop thicker armor and spines.
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Early Arthropod Ancestor :Walking Cactus


Diania cactiformis is a 520 million year old organism with 20 legs, and possibly the closest relative to arthropods. Its body is soft, while its legs are hard and covered in spines. Though it doesn’t appear to have eyes, a mouth, or a head, it does have jointed legs.
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This is probably one of the nicest crinoid fossils I’ve seen.
Lyriocrinus melissa of Waldron Shale Formation
check out more detailed picstures here:
http://weekstrilobites.com/Lyrocrinus.htm
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Silurian crinoid arm found in Waldron Shale of Indiana





