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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).
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.
In all fairness, Anomalocaris has been caught holding the weapon but never the victim.
 
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