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anomalocaris

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anomalocaris

Prehistoric marine predator resembling a crustacean but with a softer exoskeleton. Up to 2 m in length, it was the largest animal on Earth when it thrived around 525 million years ago. See prehistoric life.



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Researchers described Anomalocaris, monsters that terrorized the seas of Earth's Cambrian period (146: 138).
Science news of the year by Young, Patrick / Science News
Just as it terrorized the seas of Earth's Cambrian period a half billion years ago, this nightmarish creature called Anomalocaris has plagued paleontologists since the 1880s, when parts of the strange beast first surfaced.
The first monsters: long before sharks, Anomalocaris ruled the seas by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
In all fairness, Anomalocaris has been caught holding the weapon but never the victim.
When life got hard: animal skeletons emerged abruptly. Why the big ... by Stolzenburg, William / Science News
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