Fossil at MUSE - Science Museum in Trento

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anomalocarida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Classis: †Dinocaridida
Ordo: †Radiodonta
Classis: †Anomalocarida

Familia: Anomalocarididae
Genus: Anomalocaris
Species: Anomalocaris canadensis

Name

Anomalocaris canadensis Whiteaves, 1892: 206

Synonymy

  • Anomalocaris cranbrookensis Resser, 1929 [CHECK]
  • Anomalocaris gigantea Walcott, 1912 [CHECK]

References

  • Briggs, D.E.G. & Mount, J.D. 1982. The occurrence of the giant arthropod Anomalocaris in the Lower Cambrian of southern California, and the overall distribution of the genus. Journal of paleontology 56(5): 1112–1118. JSTOR Reference page. 
  • Daley, A.C. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2014. Morphology of Anomalocaris canadensis from the Burgess Shale. Journal of paleontology 88(1): 68–91. DOI: 10.1666/13-067 Reference page. 
  • Whiteaves, J.F. 1892. Description of a new genus and species of phyllocarid Crustacea from the Middle Cambrian of Mount Stephen, B.C. Canadian Record of Science 5(4): 205–208. BHL Reference page. 
  • Anomalocaris (of unknown affinity) and Tuzoia (a possible arthropod) from the Lower Cambrian Eager Formation near Cransbrook, British Columbia.
  • Palaeozoic fossils.
  • Anomalocaris, the largest known Cambrian arthropod.
  • A new conundrum from the Middle Cambrian Burgess shale.
  • The largest Cambrian animal, Anomalocaris, Burgess Shale, British Columbia.
  • The "evolution" of Anomalocaris and its classification in the arthropod class Dinocarida (nov.) and order Radiodonta (nov.)
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