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cf. Hallucigenia (?) Cambrian Explosion Fossil from Utah
Taxonomy: Phylum Lobopodia (?)
Geological Time: Middle Cambrian
Size: 17 mm x 2 mm on 52 mm x 34 mm matrix
Fossil Site: House Range, Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah
Item: R8W023
Price: Sold
Remarks: Soft bodied fossils from Cambrian Utah have been poorly studied, compared, for example with the Burgess Shale and Chengjiang Fauna. They are rare, many undescribed, but several have similarities to Cambrian Explosion fossils from the famous localities. Here is one that, while enigmatic, does somewhat resemble a Hallucigenia of the Burgess Shale.

References:
Briggs D.E.G., and R.A. Robison. 1984. Exceptionally preserved non trilobite arthropods and Anomalocaris from the Middle Cambrian of Utah. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 111:1-24.
House Range Fossils: Fossils of the Cambrian Explosion from Utah, The Virtual Fossil Museum

Incertae sedis Arthropod from Cambrian Explosion of Utah
Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda
Geological Time: Middle Cambrian
Size: 15 mm x 8 mm on 30 mm x 23 mm matrix
Fossil Site: House Range, Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah
Item: R8W024
Price: $60.00
Remarks: There are many types of soft bodied arthropods found in Cambrian Utah, though all are rare. Some have morphological similarlity to those from the Burgess Shale and Chengjiang, and others remain enigmatic. Generally, the biota are poorly studied.