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Figure 6: Chimeras. A-D, mid-Cambrian species from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia: A, Laggania cambria (=Anomalocaris nathorsti), ventral; B, Anomalocaris canadensis, ventral; C, Amiskwia sagittiformis; D, Nectocaris pteryx. E-G, modern barnacles: E, Pollicipes pollicipes, valves closed; F, Pollicipes spinosus, valves removed; G, moulted cuticle of a barnacle. Scale=approx 200 mm A, B; approx 5 mm C, D; approx 50 mm E, F; approx 100 mm G. (A, B from [25]; C, D from [26] E, F from [27]; G from [28]).
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