Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris ("abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of anomalocaridid, a family of animals thought to be closely related to ancestral arthropods. The first fossils of Anomalocaris were discovered in the Ogygopsis Shale by Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, with more examples found by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the famed Burgess Shale. Originally several fossilized parts discovered separately (the mouth, feeding appendages and tail) were thought to be three separate creatures, a misapprehension corrected by Harry B. Whittington and...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Anomalocaris canadensis
speciesAnomalocaris canadensis
Anomalocaris briggsi
speciesAnomalocaris briggsi
Anomalocaris cranbrookensis
speciesAnomalocaris cranbrookensis
Anomalocaris gigantea
speciesAnomalocaris gigantea
Anomalocaris nathorsti
speciesAnomalocaris nathorsti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 333148.