Anomalocaris Hunting in Cambrian Waters

An Anomalocaris swims through sunlit Cambrian waters above a reef, reaching its spiny frontal claws toward a trilobite near the seabed.

Painterly palaeoart reconstruction of an Anomalocaris hunting a trilobite over a reef at Emu Bay, sunbeams piercing clear Cambrian waters See more

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