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"T. rex of the Cambrian"; new bizarre anomalocarid
Topic Started: Mar 23 2009, 11:22 PM (653 Views)
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Hurdia victoria is a newly discovered giant anomalocarid that's been reconstructed from fossil fragments originally thought to belong to several different species, much like Anomalocaris itself. It features a very strange, hollow "battering ram" carapace.

http://thedragonstales.blogspot.com/2009/03/hurdia-victoria-yet-another.html
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Odd. Looks like a submarine
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Reminds me of the ram submarine in Shunrō Oshikawa's Undersea Battleship. I wonder what it used it for.
Edited by lamna, Mar 24 2009, 03:10 AM.
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It wasn't as big as some anomalocarids, only 50cm compared to 2 metres for some species. I wonder what that shovel-like carapace was for...
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Yet another anomalocarid! This year shall be remembered for the discription of two brand-new species, Schinderhannes and Hurdia!
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This may just be me, but if it were a mud-digger, I could see that plate acting as a sort of spade. Even if hollow, it would be capable of some sort of protection.
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That is a weird looking thing. It looks like something from a Lovecraft story.
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