alexandstein: Herpetogaster is an extinct monotypic genus of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale with a single species Herpetogaster collinsi.[1] Six specimens of Herpetogaster are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise less than 0.01% of the community.[2]
Wow! I’ve actually never heard of this animal before. It may be a basal deuterostome. It’s so awesome!
it looks like a wiener
(via scientificillustration)