Spriggina floundersi fossil (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Spriggina floundersi fossil

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A fossil of Spriggina floundersi collected in South Australia. Because these fossils preserve mirror-image impressions of the original animals, a leftward bend in the rock represents an animal that bent to the right in life.

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Scott Evans / ©AMNH

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