#  Second ever opabiniid described, from the Cambrian explosion 

 





February 09, 2022

 

 

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 Ortega-Hernández Lab members, and colleague, describe the first ever opabiniid, a crown jewel of the Cambrian explosion from the Wheeler Formation, Utah.

 [New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.2093) and [featured in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/science/opabinia-fossil.html).