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HARUN YAHYA

A fossil Canadaspis
A reconstruction of fossil Canadaspis

ble in the specimens. Canadaspis’s legs were divided into two
branches. The inner branch was segmented and was used for walk-
ing. It ended in small curved claws. The flap-like outer gill branch-
es extended forward of where the abdomen emerged from between
the valves. These flap-like extensions were used for locomotion and
also for exchanging oxygen. It is thought that it used its feet to dig
in the mud in search of organic particles. 72

Hallucigenia
This creature’s spines make it one of the most interesting Shale
Burgess fossils. There were tentacles in various parts of its body. It
had spines on bulges on the dorsal side of its body. All these tenta-
cles were joined by a narrow tube to the main gut, which extended
right along the trunk.
With its exceedingly complex structure, Hallucigenia is one of
the best examples of how Cambrian life forms differ from those ex-
isting today.
The Hallucigenia specimens found in China led to new and even
more interesting characteristics of this creature being discovered.
The Chinese Hallucigenia fossils contained armored lobes. As can be
seen in the illustration on the next page, Hallucigenia rather resem-

Adnan Oktar

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