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Anomalocaris is an extinct genus of radiodont (specifically an anomalocaridid, the largest of its kind), an order of animals thought to be closely related to ancestral arthropods. The 1st fossils of Anomalocaris were discovered in the Ogygopsis Shale by Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, with more examples found by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the Burgess Shale. Originally several fossilized parts discovered separately (the mouth, frontal appendages and trunk) were thought to be 3 separate creatures, a misapprehension corrected by Harry B. Whittington and Derek Briggs in a 1985 journal article. Anomalocaris is thought to be one of the earliest examples of an apex predator, though others have been found in older Cambrian lagerstätten deposits.


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Anomalocaris can be created in Jurassic Park: Builder in the Aquatic park, although it requires dino bucks.

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