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New and Improved Anomalocaridid

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  • 26-05-2011 6:26pm
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    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭


    Looks like the anamalocaridids survived past the Cambrian and into the Ordovician period. Not only that but they seem to have gotten bigger as time went on. The new species, believed to be a type of Laggania lived in Morroco and was discovered by a team of scientists led by an Irish professor named Derek Briggs.
    I commend the team for resisting the temptation to give the specimen a new genus name (as we all know about the messy problems which can arise when this is done too zealously).

    Read all about it here.

    laggania.jpg&sa=X&ei=SI3eTfDLAsXIhAe29pHOCg&ved=0CAQQ8wc4OA&usg=AFQjCNG3fc0zGQ8SE8p_I7cR0Cv6WmjXPg
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    Rubecula
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    That beasty could give Freddy Krueger nightmares. Did the article say just how big they got to be?


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    Galvasean
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    This one is over a meter long. Fragmentary remains from Asia suggest ones of possibly 2 meters.


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    JupiterKid
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    This new find is a major breakthrough. It means Anomalocarids lived far longer and maintained their ecosystem niche much more recently than was envisaged.


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