Carboniferous arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii
Russell Garwood
Imperial College, London, UK
A 3D reconstruction of the 312 million year old arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii, from a CT scan of the fossil. Arachnids such as this - members of the Trigonotarbida - were amongst the first terrestrial predators.
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union (opens in a new window)
Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2011
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Russell Garwood (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
1.1 MB
Width
2832 px
Height
3148 px
Aspect
708:787
Brand
N/A - Created With Free Software Spiers And Open Source Raytracer Blender
Tint
Black
Submitted
11 March 2011
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