Comments on: A Devonian Anomalocarid! http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/181 The Insect Man / Empire Rising Thu, 17 May 2012 13:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adrian Tchaikovsky http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/181/comment-page-1#comment-1135 Adrian Tchaikovsky Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:04:21 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=181#comment-1135 At least until the next fossil comes along... At least until the next fossil comes along…

]]> By: starspawn http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/181/comment-page-1#comment-1134 starspawn Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:44:59 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=181#comment-1134 hi, interesting post :) after reading this I went to check out the wiki entry on schinderhannes. turns out this discovery finally convinced paleontologists that anomalocarids were in fact basal arthropods. i.e they didn't go extinct, they just evolved into all other arthropods ! so just as birds are living dinosaurs, every bug alive today is a living anomalocarid :o hi,
interesting post :)
after reading this I went to check out the wiki entry on schinderhannes.

turns out this discovery finally convinced paleontologists that anomalocarids were in fact basal arthropods.
i.e they didn't go extinct, they just evolved into all other arthropods !

so just as birds are living dinosaurs,
every bug alive today is a living anomalocarid :o

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