Cambrian Lifeforms
Usually I link to artists who paint or draw creatures like this based out of their imaginations. But these links are to photographs, recreations and illustrations of animals that really lived millions of years ago. Read about the discovery of these incredibly strange and ancient creatures
here.Click the following numbers to see sections from a painting of a Cambrian era underwater landscape.
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6This bizarre creature was named "Hallucigenia Sparsa ". Hallucigenia translates to the source of a dream or vision.
Here's a few more pictures of it.There's a short computer animated movie on
this page showing Cambrian life.
Many colorful illustrations of Cambrian lifeforms
here. Click the names above each thumbnail illustration
here to see large illustrations of each unusual creature.
Burgess Shale Fossil IndexIllustrations of the Anomalocarid species.Trilobite images
here and
here.Illustrations of Cambrian life
here here here here here and
here.Click the image at the bottom of
this page for a detailed illustration of Cambrian lifeforms.
Click the small organism picture to the right of the world icon
here to see more Cambrian lifeforms.
Here is an online version of the "Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais. Below are some links to the incredible artwork by Gustave Doré of the fantastic tales.
This page has a great selection of many of the bizarre beasts drawn by Jack Kirby. There's even a profile of each creature/character. Some of the unusual creatures featured here...
This gallery contains artwork of monsters, freaks and other oddities dating between 1485 and 1898.
"American artist Ben Blatt entered the new American painting scene with an eye turned on the teachings of the great masters of the European tradition, especially on Flemish and Italian seventeenth century painters. 
Many amazing paintings and relief styled sculptures. Be sure to check out "The Grotesque" section. And click on the arrow to the left and right of the images to see incredibly large sized versions of each work.
Usually I link to artists who paint or draw creatures like this based out of their imaginations. But these links are to photographs, recreations and illustrations of animals that really lived millions of years ago. Read about the discovery of these incredibly strange and ancient creatures here.
