アノマロカリス カナデンシス
Anomalocaris canadensis
カンブリア紀第4期~ウリューアン期
カナダ バージェス動物群, Eager formation, Stanley glacier
推定最大体長38cm
海産
ラディオドンタ類 Radiodonta
アノマロカリス科 Anomalocarididae

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the kinzers formation anomalocaridid, known now as lenisicaris pennsylvanica, but won't remain (as i predict). here it's in a twisted swimming position. higher quality version in the thread.

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to celebrate the new anomalocarid/hurdiid discovery im reposting these

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Will post the final later: here are early explorations of the Pinnacarid both swimming and resting on the ice. The name combines Pinniped (seals etc) and Anomalocarid in reference to the the final fin design.

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Schinderhannes

A small anomalocarid, the first one found that wasnt from the cambrian period , it had long lateral appendages to help it swim

Alt: named after Johannes Bückler nickname, he was one of it not the most famous german outlaw, specially known for his escapades

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DIA 5 -
Hoy tenemos a dos romanticos, dos ejemplares de symbrachiata en pleno cortejo. Este genero se caracteriza por los dos apendices frontales en forma de pinza. 🦂

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Oops I mean, anomalocarids.

I should give the strange shrimp the proper respect by at least spelling their taxonomical order name correctly.

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Anomalocarid-class engagement unit.

More stuff for the biomech setting. Not all of them would be based on cambrian creatures, but the Cambrian Explosion is a great source of Weird Designs.

Human presented for scale.

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Okay, I’m gonna try one of those bracket things. It’s time to decide...

What’s the best Anomalocarid?
(and why is it Lyrarapax?)

Polls below. Vote to pick who goes into the next round.

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Me and had done some reconstructions of anomalocaridid and amplectobeluid (both have ovoid P-elements) based on the recent interpretation. But so far, the arrangement are mostly based on those of hurdiid, and we may still have different opinion on some details.

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If it is internal muscle, it should share some similarities with the frontal appendage muscles of related animals like Pambdelurion. I’m not sure if that’s the case; or perhaps Anomalocarids are significantly different. I need to look into it further, and I need your opinions.

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PSA: avoid saying “anomalocaridid” when you mean “Anomalocarid”. Anomalocarididae is a small clade within the larger group.

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Today is and perhaps no Lobopod is spookier than the giant king of the Chengjiang reef, Omnidens amplus, the “all-tooth-titan”. Somewhere around 1.5 meters in length, this animal could’ve preyed on even the largest contemporary anomalocarids.

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all the other crash ocs i have: n. tomon (cortex's shitty intern, invertebrate specialist), cole n. oscopy (cortex castle's friendly but vaguely sadistic on-site medic), arnie the anomalocarid abomination (brio's paleontology project gone wrong), and trouble puppy (nina's pet)

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brio with his lil' buddy/my fancharacter, arnie the anomalocarid abomination

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Predation on Anomalocarids is hardly speculative. We have one fossil which either shows part of the (very) dangerous appendage of Omnidens, or, a chunk of Anomalocarid in the mouth of Omnidens. Either way, it must have eaten Anomalocarids.

(Its in the bottom illustration)

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The Burgess was home to several genera of Hurdiid anomalocarids, which survived by filtering food out of the fine silt, brine seeps, and water column, using comb-like frontal appendages. These include Peytoia, Stanleycaris, two species of Hurdia, and Cambroraster elsewhere.

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Laminacaris chimera, a strange intersection between the Hurdiid Anomalocarids and the Amplectobeluids, inhabited the waters of the Chengjiang sea 518 million years ago. Described by , , and their colleagues in 2018.

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brio gets a little help with his work from arnie the anomalocarid abomination

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