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A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian

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  • Jakob Vinther

    (Schools of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK)

  • Martin Stein

    (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen University, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 , Denmark)

  • Nicholas R. Longrich

    (University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK)

  • David A. T. Harper

    (Palaeoecosystems Group, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK)

Abstract

Tamisiocaris borealis, an Early Cambrian member of the anomalocarids—giant, predatory marine stem arthropods—probably used its frontal appendage to trap microscopic, planktonic animals.

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  • Jakob Vinther & Martin Stein & Nicholas R. Longrich & David A. T. Harper, 2014. "A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian," Nature, Nature, vol. 507(7493), pages 496-499, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:507:y:2014:i:7493:d:10.1038_nature13010
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13010
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    1. Stephen Pates & Joseph P. Botting & Lucy A. Muir & Joanna M. Wolfe, 2022. "Ordovician opabiniid-like animals and the role of the proboscis in euarthropod head evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.

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