Hallucigenia depiction based on Burgess Shale fossils. God only knows what function this piece of work served on the food chain...or really, which end is up. Its name is no surprise whatsoever due to the bizarre appearance of this being. For a long time, people speculated that the species had no modern relations (a theory popularized by Stephen Gould). However, palentologists have now linked the species to modern day arthropods. The species is particularly interesting due to the spines on its back, thus giving the species its name.
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