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Description: | This strange looking fossil represents the tail spines from a large shrimp-like animal called Ceratiocaris. These animals swam in the estuaries (the end of a river where it meets the sea), which covered southern Scotland during the Silurian period. We can only guess as to how these animals lived and fed. Possibly, like present day shrimps and prawns, they were scavengers feeding on dead animal remains. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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