exquisite - Fossilised animal - Tuzoia sinensis,Red - 12 cm

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Scientific name: Tuzoia sinensis
There is also a piece of intestine that is exposed outside the body, which is very special
An insect found only in China, a fossil specimen collected in Guanshan, Kunming, China

Worm size: 7.2cm(The size is very large)

Period: Cambrian

Tuzoia lives in shallow or deep water and is a wide-phase arthropod. The Early and Middle Cambrian were large abdomenless bivalve shell arthropods that were widely distributed around the world, and their shells were composed of two shell lobes, left and right, and most of them were preserved as single-valve valves.



Scientific name: Tuzoia sinensis
There is also a piece of intestine that is exposed outside the body, which is very special
An insect found only in China, a fossil specimen collected in Guanshan, Kunming, China

Worm size: 7.2cm(The size is very large)

Period: Cambrian

Tuzoia lives in shallow or deep water and is a wide-phase arthropod. The Early and Middle Cambrian were large abdomenless bivalve shell arthropods that were widely distributed around the world, and their shells were composed of two shell lobes, left and right, and most of them were preserved as single-valve valves.



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Number of items
1
Specimen
exquisite
Scientific name
Tuzoia sinensis,Red
Country of Origin
China
Geological Period
Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)
Condition
Natural
Height
12 cm
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