Alien-looking predators called anomalocaridids dominated the marine ecosystem over 500 million years ago, long before animals colonized the land. Now, researchers working in China have unearthed ...

“We have previously known that primitive arthropods were the dominant predators during the Cambrian, such as the bizarre-looking anomalocaridids,” Dr. Jakob Vinther, a senior author on the ...

“We have previously known that early arthropods were the dominant predators during the Cambrian, such as the bizarre-looking anomalocaridids,” said Dr. Vinther. “However, Timorebestia is a distant, ...

such as the anomalocaridids. However, Timorebestia, a distant yet close relative of modern arrow worms or chaetognaths, unveils a new chapter in the ocean's predatory history." Timorebestia's role ...

"We have previously known that primitive arthropods were the dominant predators during the Cambrian, such as the bizarre-looking anomalocaridids," said Dr Jakob Vinther from the University of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At first glance, the extinct apex predator Anomalocaris canadensis ...

One of the most widespread and diverse animal groups of the Cambrian Explosion is a clade of stem lineage arthropods known as Radiodonta, which lived exclusively in the early Paleozoic. First reported ...

fezouataensis ate. Evidence of a jaw suggests that it was probably not a filter feeder like the anomalocaridids of the same period and some of today"s brittle stars. By closely analyzing the ...

Anomalocaridids were large predators that dominated the Cambrian seas roughly 535 million years ago. In the 1990s, researchers from the ROM collected several, complete Anomalocaridids specimens. And ...

This mirrors the complex feeding behaviours seen in other early animals like the enigmatic anomalocaridids, which looked like a cross between squid and huge woodlice. Seemingly, some targeted ...

For example, it was thought that anomalocaridids, an ancestor of modern-day arthropods such as butterflies and spiders, lived and died during the Cambrian. But according to the Moroccan fossils, "they ...