A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Vinther, Jakob, Stein, Martin, Longrich, Nicholas R, Harper, David A T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Sirius; North Greenland; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/88f89453-e81f-4767-a74d-1794c33e6b34; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/88f89453-e81f-4767-a74d-1794c33e6b34; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13010; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/110105240/Gentle_giants_of_the_Cambrian_Nature_Bakewell1.pdf

Large, actively swimming suspension feeders evolved several times in Earth's history, arising independently from groups as diverse as sharks, rays and stem teleost fishes, and in mysticete whales. However, animals occupying this niche have not been identified from the early Palaeozoic era. Anom...