Anomalocaris
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Anomalocaris 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 of British
Anomalocaris canadensis, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025 07 13
3D model of the frontal appendages of Anomalocaris canadensis
Fossilised compound eyes of Anomalocaris from the Emu Bay shale of Australia with preserved individual ommatidia lenses. Scale bar = 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in left and centre images, 0.3 millimetres (1⁄64 in) on right
Anomalocaris canadensis grasping claw, Burgess Shale
Arthropod
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Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated segments, and pai
Anomalocaris
…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. The…
Protaetia cuprea (copper chafer). Beetles are the most diverse order of arthropods.
A cicada climbing out of its exuvia while attached to tree
Long bristles (setae) of a Tliltocatl albopilosus tarantula
Head of a wasp with three ocelli (centre), and compound eyes at the left and right