Anomalocaris magnabasis Pates et al. 2021 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Full reference: S. Pates, A. C. Daley, G. D. Edgecombe, P. Cong, and B. S. Lieberman. 2021. Systematics, preservation and biogeography of radiodonts from the southern Great Basin, USA, during the Upper Dyeran (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4). Papers in Palaeontology 7(1):235-262

Belongs to Anomalocaris according to S. Pates et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Anomalocaris emmonsi, Anomalocaris lineata, Anomalocaris nathorsti, Anomalocaris pennsylvanica, Anomalocaris saron

Type specimen: KUMIP 293584, a set of appendages (an isolated appendage associ- ated with a partial oral cone)

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Anomalocaris magnabasis in the database

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