Anomalocaris lineata Resser and Howell 1938 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248

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

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

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 (4: Pennsylvania collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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