Hallucigenia Enamel Pin (Hallucigenia sparsa) donkeybooks But let’s be honest: it’s

But let’s be honest: it’s also famous for those comically short arms that look like evolution got tired halfway through

since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow

Era: Early Cretaceous (126 Million years ago)

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Hallucigenia Enamel Pin (Hallucigenia sparsa) donkeybooks But let’s be honest: it’sIf evolution ever doodled in the margins, it was Hallucigenia. This tiny, wormlike oddball from the Cambrian explosion (over 500 million years ago) looked like something straight out of a sci fi concept sketch: a spindly body tipped with clawed legs, and a row of absurdly long spines jutting from its back like a living pincushion. Originally reconstructed upside down (yes, paleontologists once thought it walked on its spines), Hallucigenia has since