Scientists have shown, looked like the Cambrian “Alien”

Scientists have recreated the appearance of the Cambrian Mollusca.

This strange mollusk 500 million years. And he looks like an alien body, revive an Alien.

In fact it is a living organism that lived on Earth 500 million years ago. Images show looked like Agnostus pisiformis, a now extinct arthropod that lived in the Scandinavian waters. Being the size of only 1 cm was preserved in limestones and shale rocks.

Researchers from the Lund University in cooperation with the Danish artists have recreated the face of the clam, which allowed them to get an idea about the life of this creature.

A. pisiformis was developed from the larvae, greatly relieving and increasing his exoskeleton. His body was defended by two folds, which are like shells of modern molluscs, reports Live Science. While little is known about the ocean way of life A. pisiformis, but it probably fed on smaller organisms.

“Sculpture” and the image of the ancient mollusk will be showcased in travelling exhibitions of the strange marine animal of the Cambrian period — geologic era in which it happened is called the skeletal revolution. Then the organisms appeared exoskeleton, largely due to the establishment of a new relationship to nature: predator — prey.

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