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A Cambrian fossil confirms that early arthropods shed their coats just as they do today.

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Figure 1: The oldest known fossil of an arthropod in the act of moulting: Marrella splendens, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.

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  1. Department of Palaeobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, M5S 2C6, Ontario, Canada

    Diego C. García-Bellido & Desmond H. Collins

  2. Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    Diego C. García-Bellido

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García-Bellido, D., Collins, D. Moulting arthropod caught in the act. Nature 429, 40 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429040a

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