trimerus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Can it be a part of an anomalocaris? Ordovician, Fezouata Formation. Morocco Fossil Length 17 cm (7 inches) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Possibly! Here is an image of Aegirocassis benmoulai from the same strata for comparison purposes: 1 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 What an incredible piece! I'm no anomalocaridid expert, but I've seen a lot of anomalocaridid fossils around; this one doesn't appear to look like all the other grasping and filter appendages I've seen, and if it is one, it's huge and bigger than all others I've seen. But I'm almost positive this is not just a part, but a pretty complete articulate anomalocaridid (like Peytoia) preserved laterally. If you could zoom in on where the red arrow is, that structure looks almost like part of an oral circle mouthpiece to me, and the two blue arrows shows what looks like to me the two "wings" of the animal with the right side up and left side under. Green might possibly be where the eye is, but not sure. I can't observe any grasping appendages preserved from near the red arrow region, which would have otherwise been a telltale key, but you might just have yourself an articulate anomalocaridid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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