Anomalocaris pennsylvanica Resser 1929 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Belongs to Anomalocaris according to C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell 1938

Sister taxa: Anomalocaris briggsi, Anomalocaris canadensis, Anomalocaris emmonsi, Anomalocaris kunmingensis, Anomalocaris lineata, Anomalocaris nathorsti

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 12x, Getz Quarry, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (3: Pennsylvania collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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