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MARRELLA
(mar-rel-lah)
Marrella
Named By: Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1912
Time Period: Mid Cambrian
Location: Canada, British Columbia - Burgess Shale
Size: About 2 centimetres long
Diet: Detritivore
Fossil(s): Over 25,000 individuals have been recorded
Classification: | Arthropoda | Marrellomorpha | Marrellida | Marrellidae |
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Marrella splendens is an extinct arthropod known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It is the most common animal represented in the Burgess Shale.

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