Anomalocaris - Wikipedia
Anomalocaris ("unlike other shrimp", or "abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of radiodont, an order of early-diverging stem-group arthropods. It is best known from the type species A. canadensis, found in the Stephen Formation (particularly the Burgess Shale) of …
Ancient shrimplike predator was misunderstood, according to new ... - CNN
2023年7月4日 · A new analysis of the extinct marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis suggests the Cambrian hunter was more of a weakling than once assumed.
The sharp eyes of Anomalocaris, a top predator that lived half a ...
2011年12月7日 · Before killer whales and polar bears, before sharks and tyrannosaurs, the world’s top predator was probably a bizarre animal called Anomalocaris.
Was this prehistoric ‘killer shrimp’ as fierce as it looked?
2023年7月13日 · Reaching almost two feet in length, Anomalocaris was one of the largest animals found in the famed Burgess Shale, which preserve a wealth of Cambrian fossils. Flaps lined the animal’s body ...
Anomalocaris - A-Z Animals
2024年5月27日 · Anomalocaris was a large apex predator with a unique appearance. It swam the oceans using the rows of undulating overlapping lobes (flexible flaps) on the sides of its body. These lobes formed a single fin that allowed it to propel itself fast through the water.
Anomalocaris canadensis - The Burgess Shale
Anomalocaris is a dorsoventrally flattened animal with a relatively flexible exoskeleton. It has a segmented body, with sixteen lateral swimming flaps bearing gills, and a prominent tail fan, which consists of three pairs of prominent fins that extend upward from …
The significance of Anomalocaris and other Radiodonta for …
2023年5月8日 · Anomalocaris canadensis preserves the most complete known digestive system within Radiodonta, and along with partial information from numerous taxa, allows for a general description of the alimentary tract.
Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and …
2011年12月7日 · New fossils from Australia reveal that the Cambrian apex predator Anomalocaris possessed compound eyes more powerful than those of most living arthropods.
An eye-opening fossil - Nature
2011年12月7日 · A cache of spectacular fossils now suggests that the ancient hunter Anomalocaris had compound eyes that gave it keener vision than many of the modern arthropods related to it.
Radiodonta - Wikipedia
The taxon Radiodonta itself was coined in 1996 by Desmond Collins, after it was established that Anomalocaris and its kin represented a distinctive lineage with arthropod affinities rather than a hitherto unknown phylum. [6]