Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa

3D Model

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

Myllokunmingia had a head with a pair of eyes and a nasal opening, up to six pairs of gills housed in pouches on the lower surface of the head, and a dorsal fin supported by stiff radial rods. It also had Z-shaped blocks of muscle and would have been able to swim freely through the water by moving its body side-to-side like a fish.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com