Tamisiocaris
| Tamisiocaris Temporal range: Cambrian, Cambrian Stage 3 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | †Dinocaridida |
| Order: | †Radiodonta |
| Suborder: | †Anomalocarida |
| Clade: | †Cetiocaridae |
| Genus: | †Tamisiocaris |
| Species: | †T. borealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tamisiocaris borealis Daley & Peel, 2010 | |
Tamisiocaris (see Latin tamisium, sieve) is an anomalocaridid taxon initially only known from non-segmented great appendages from Sirius Passet.[1] Further specimens revealed that the appendages near their mouths were adapted to filter feed in a manner analogous to modern baleen whales.[2]
References
- ↑ Allison C. Daley & John S. Peel (2010). "A possible anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet lagerstätte, North Greenland". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 352–355. doi:10.1666/09-136R1.1.
- ↑ Jakob Vinther, Martin Stein, Nicholas R. Longrich & David A. T. Harper (2014). "A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian". Nature. 501: 496–499. doi:10.1038/nature13010.
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