Meet Canadaspis perfecta: the shield of Canada, the princess of the Burgess Shale. 500 million years ago, this adorable creature filled the ecological niche of a crustacean, but what is their actual classification? Join me as we travel back to the Cambrian Explosion to investigate.
Learn more about Canadaspis and other arthropods from these sources:
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould, https://hiskingdom.us/wp-content/uplo...
“Canadaspis perfecta” overview from the Royal Ontario Museum, https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossi...
“Dimecology in the Cambrian: synchronized molting in arthropods from the Burgess Shale,” Joachim T Haug et al., https://link.springer.com/article/10....
“Trilobite Facial Sutures,” S. M. Gon III, https://www.trilobites.info/sutures.htm
“Special Survival Strategy of First-Instar Scorpions Revealed by Synchronous Molting Behavior from Social Facilitation of Maternal Care and Reciprocal Aggregation,” Yiyuan Guo et al., https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
“Prehistoric nature - Canadaspis species profile” video by Floi166, • Prehistoric nature - Canadaspis species pr...
“Canadaspis,” various illustrations, https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/picture...
“Canadaspis perfecta,” Jun075 on DeviantArt, https://www.deviantart.com/jun075/art...
“The morphology, mode of life, and affinities of Canadaspis perfecta (Crustacea: Phyllocarida), Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale, British Columbia,” Derek Ernest Gilmor Briggs, https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rs...
“Phylogenetic Significance of the Burgess Shale Crustacean Canadaspis,” Derek E. G. Briggs, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/199...
Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China by Hou Xianguang and Jan Berg Strom, https://foreninger.uio.no/ngf/FOS/pdf...
“The problematic Cambrian arthropod Tuzoia and the origin of mandibulates revisited,” Alejandro Izquierdo López and Jean-Bernard Cohen, https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
video by wat3rbu9 on youtube
outro song is Paisley Tears by Brown Recluse, • Paisley Tears
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