Royal Ontario Museum Curator Jean-Bernard Caron in Kootenay National Park holding a newly discovered Burgess Shale fossil dubbed the 'Mothership'. Photography by John Lehmann
(PHOTO) JOHN LEHMANN; (FOSSIL) ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

Some of Earth’s first animals—including a mysterious, alien-looking spaceship—are spilling out of Canadian rocks

Science magazine just published a great article about some of the newest Burgess Shale fossil finds in Kootenay National Park. In the above photo Jean-Bernard Caron shows off the “mothership,” an enigmatic Cambrian life form his team found this past summer.
 
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