Anomalocaris 3D Model

Description

Anomalocaris Anomalocaris ("unlike other shrimp", or "abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of radiodont (anomalocaridid), an order of animals thought to be closely related to ancestral arthropods. For the time in which it lived, Anomalocaris was gigantic, up to 38 centimetres (1.25 feet) long excluding the tail fan and frontal appendages Anomalocaris is thought to be one of the earliest examples of an apex predator, though others have been found in older Cambrian lagerstätten deposits. A long-standing view holds that Anomalocaris fed on hard-bodied animals, making it one of the first predators—and its raptorial frontal appendages mid-gut glands strongly suggest a predatory lifestyle.