Tamisiocaris

Tamisiocaris borealis; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	† Dinocaridida
Order:	† Radiodonta (?)
Genus:	† Tamisiocaris; Daley & Peel, 2010
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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Daley2010-1] 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.

[Vinther2014-2] 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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