alexandstein: Herpetogaster is an extinct monotypic genus of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale with a single species Herpetogaster collinsi.[1] Six specimens of Herpetogaster are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise less than 0.01% of the community.[2] Wow! I’ve actually never heard of this animal before. It may be a basal deuterostome. It’s so awesome! View high resolution

alexandstein: Herpetogaster is an extinct monotypic genus of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale with a single species Herpetogaster collinsi.[1] Six specimens of Herpetogaster are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise less than 0.01% of the community.[2]

Wow! I’ve actually never heard of this animal before. It may be a basal deuterostome. It’s so awesome!

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    This thing couldn’t be more of a Freudian nightmare if it had been designed by H.R. Giger.
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    ……………………… HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAHAHHAAAAAAA
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    I’m gonna be that immature person that stops being fascinated by science for a hot second to say that this looks like a...
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    Am I the only person who thinks this looks like a made-up thing?
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    it looks like a wiener
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    …It’s a dick worm tree…
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    Totally looks like a penis caterpillar parsley.
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    間桐家的傳家寶麼
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    elusive penis-tree-barnacle-thing.
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    Herpetogaster is an extinct monotypic genus of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale with a single species...
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