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Anomalocaris

Anomalocaris canadensis

Era: CambrianDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Early CambrianSize: 0.38mWeight: 2kg

Anomalocaris (from Ancient Greek ανώμαλος, meaning "unlike", and καρίς, meaning "shrimp", with the intended meaning "unlike other shrimp") is an extinct genus of radiodont, an order of early-diverging stem-group marine arthropods. It is best known from the type species A. canadensis, found in the Stephen Formation (particularly the Burgess Shale) of British Columbia, Canada