Product Description
Our Sanctacaris measures 2 1/8 inches long and is made of detailed, flexible plastic. It is light green and tan in color, but the actual hue of a living is unknown since scientists only have information from fossil records of the Cambrian Period. Check out our Cambrian Period and other extinct animal replicas, toys, and gifts.
Sanctacaris is a Middle Cambrian arthropod from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It was most famously regarded as a primitive chelicerate, a group which includes spiders and scorpions. Sanctacaris specimens range from 46 to 93 mm in length. The head bears five pairs of grasping appendages and a sixth pair of large separate appendages. The grasping appendages each bear a short antenna-like second appendage. There are 11 body segments, each with a pair of walking legs and gills. There is a broad, flat paddle-like telson.
