Radiodonta

Anomalocaris canadensis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Classis: †Dinocaridida
Ordo: †Radiodonta
Familiae: †Amplectobeluidae – †Anomalocarididae – †Hurdiidae – †Tamisiocarididae
Genera incertae sedis:  …

Name

Radiodonta Collins, 1996

Synonymy

• Anomalocarida

References

Primary references

• Collins, D.H. 1996. The "evolution" of Anomalocaris and its classification in the arthropod class Dinocarida (nov.) and order Radiodonta (nov.) Journal of Paleontology 70(2) 280–293. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cong, P., Ma, X., Hou, X., Edgecombe, G.D. & Strausfeld, N.J. 2014. Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages. Nature 513: 538–542. DOI: 10.1038/nature13486 Reference page. 
• Vinther, J., Stein, M., Longrich, N.R. & Harper, D.A.T. 2014. A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the early Cambrian. Nature 507: 496–499. DOI: 10.1038/nature13010 Reference page.