Hallucigenia Enamel Pin (Hallucigenia sparsa) Eidolon Native to the northern Atlantic

Native to the northern Atlantic and southern Arctic oceans

Let this fossil pair inspire curiosity

Vegetation comprises up to 90% of its diet

Bryozoan Colony Fossil: Over 385 million years old

Hallucigenia Enamel Pin (Hallucigenia sparsa) Eidolon Native to the northern AtlanticIf evolution ever doodled in the margins, it was Hallucigenia. This tiny, wormlike oddball from the Cambrian explosion (over 500 million years ago) looked like something straight out of a sci fi concept sketch: a spindly body tipped with clawed legs, and a row of absurdly long spines jutting from its back like a living pincushion. Originally reconstructed upside down (yes, paleontologists once thought it walked on its spines), Hallucigenia has since