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Anomalocaris

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Taxonomy
Anomalocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Radiodonta by Sepkoski (2002); to Anomalocardidae by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Anomalocarididae by Briggs et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Anomalocaris Sepkoski
2007Anomalocaris Bambach et al.
2008Anomalocaris Briggs et al. p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
orderRadiodontaCollins 1996
familyAnomalocarididaeRaymond 1935
genusAnomalocaris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Anomalocaris emmonsi Resser and Howell 1938
Anomalocaris lineata Resser and Howell 1938
Anomalocaris magnabasis Pates et al. 2021
Anomalocaris nathorsti Walcott 1911
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available