In a surprising twist, a tweet on July 11, announcing an upcoming paper about a new Burgess Shale creature, received nearly 8,000 likes and over 2,000 retweets. The Cambrian Period (541 million years ago–485.4 million years ago) saw a huge proliferation of new species.Balhuticaris voltae is a gigantic bivalved arthropod with distinctive eyes, segments, and a special shell.The 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale is home to a newly-identified species.
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