Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris Temporal range: Early tae mid Cambrian: Chengjiang–Burgess shale
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Eemage o the first complete Anomalocaris fossil foond, residin in the Ryal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Cless: | †Dinocaridida |
Order: | †Radiodonta |
Faimily: | †Anomalocarididae |
Genus: | †Anomalocaris Whiteaves 1892 |
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Synonyms | |
Defunct species:[1]
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Anomalocaris ("abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus o anomalocaridid, a faimily o ainimals thocht tae be closely relatit tae auncestral arthropods.
References
- ↑ a b Daley, A. C.; Peel, J. S. (2010). "A Possible Anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 352–355. doi:10.1666/09-136R1.1.