Guanshancaris

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Guanshancaris
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4
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Drawing of frontal appendage
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Drawing of oral cone
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Dinocaridida
Order: Radiodonta
Family: Amplectobeluidae
Genus: Guanshancaris
Zhang et al., 2023
Species:
G. kunmingensis
Binomial name
Guanshancaris kunmingensis
(Wang et al., 2013)
Synonyms

Anomalocaris kunmingensis (Wang et al., 2013)

Guanshancaris is an extinct genus of amplectobeluid radiodont known from the Cambrian Stage 4 Guanshan Biota of southern China. It is only known from a single species. G. kunmingensis which was described in 2013 as a species of Anomalocaris [1] before being placed in a new genus in 2023. Like many other radiodonts, it is only known from fragmentary remains, including its frontal appendages and the oral cone. It has been suggested to have been durophagous. [2] Base on proportion of Anomalocaris, it is estimated to have reached up to 22.2–32.8 cm (8.7–12.9 in) long. [3]

References

  1. Wang, Y.; Huang, D.; Hu, S. New anomalocardid frontal appendages from the Guanshan biota, eastern Yunnan. Chin. Sci. Bull.2013, 58, 3937–3942.
  2. Zhang, Mingjing; Wu, Yu; Lin, Weiliang; Ma, Jiaxin; Wu, Yuheng; Fu, Dongjing (2023-04-11). "Amplectobeluid Radiodont Guanshancaris gen. nov. from the Lower Cambrian (Stage 4) Guanshan Lagerstätte of South China: Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications". Biology. 12 (4): 583. doi: 10.3390/biology12040583 . ISSN   2079-7737. PMC   10136193 . PMID   37106783.
  3. Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Pates, Stephen (2018-09-14). "New suspension-feeding radiodont suggests evolution of microplanktivory in Cambrian macronekton". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 3774. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.3774L. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06229-7. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   6138677 . PMID   30218075. Dryad Data