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This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed.

Reason: Lack of gills on body flaps (evident in Opabinia); presence of trunk segment 16-18 (trunk segment count until 15 in Opabinia)

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Opabinia regalis, an enigmatic animal from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, pencil drawing, digital coloring

Ref: Gould, S.J. (1989) Wonderful Life, Hutchinson Radius, p. 124−136 ISBN: 0091742714.
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