The early Cambrian bryozoan Protomelission gatehousei (IMAGE)

Swedish Museum of Natural History

The early Cambrian bryozoan Protomelission gatehousei

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The early Cambrian bryozoan Protomelission gatehousei from the Xiannüdong Formation, South China. Image shows a colony with individual capsules, called zooids, that held separate individuals of the colony. 

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Baopeng Song

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