Anomalocaris canadensis
Fossil at MUSE - Science Museum in Trento
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Radiodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Anomalocarididae
Genus: †Anomalocaris
Species: †Anomalocaris canadensis
Name
Anomalocaris canadensis Whiteaves, 1892: 206
Synonymy
- Anomalocaris (?) whiteavesi Walcott, 1908: 242, 246, pl. 2, figs 4, 6, 6a non figs. 2 and 2a [syn.: Briggs, 1979]
- Anomalocaris gigantea Walcott, 1912: 180, pl. 34, fig. 3 [syn.: Briggs, 1979]
- Anomalocaris cranbrookensis Resser, 1929: 6, 12, 15, pl. 2, fig. 4 [syn.: Briggs, 1979]
References
Primary references
- Briggs, D.E.G. 1979. Anomalocaris, the largest known Cambrian arthropod. Palaeontology 22(3): 631–664. BHL.
- Walcott, C.D. 1908. Mount Stephen rocks and fossils. Canadian Alpine Journal 1(2): 232–248. Wikisource
. - Walcott, C.D. 1912. Middle Cambrian Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Trilobita and Merostomata. In: Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57: 145–228, pls. 24–34, text figs. 8–10. BHL.
- 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.
Additional 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.
- Collins, D.H. 1996. The "evolution" of Anomalocaris and its classification in the arthropod class Dinocarida (nov.) and order Radiodonta (nov.) Journal of Paleontology 70(2) 280–293. 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.
- Anomalocaris (of unknown affinity) and Tuzoia (a possible arthropod) from the Lower Cambrian Eager Formation near Cransbrook, British Columbia.
- Palaeozoic fossils.
- A new conundrum from the Middle Cambrian Burgess shale.
- The largest Cambrian animal, Anomalocaris, Burgess Shale, British Columbia.
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