Burgess Shale sponge

Reconstruction of the sponge, Vauxia gracilenta, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. This elegant sponge is the most common sponge in the Burgess Shale fauna, comprising more than half of all sponge fossils collected from the site

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Burgess Cambrian Columbia Columbian Extinct Extinction Fossil Fossilized Fossils Gracilenta Illustrated Illustration Illustrations Painting Paintings Paleozoic Period Prehistoric Prehistory Reconstruction Reconstructions Shale Sponge Sponges

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