Another quick piece of Paleoart, this time a new gigantic anomalocaridid from the Ordovician of Morocco. With maybe 2m in length it's among the largest members of its group, only Anomalocaris itself reached maybe a similar size. In addition it's the second known filter feeding anomalocarid.

The paper is available here:

Anomalocaridid trunk limb homology revealed by a giant filter-feeder with paired flaps

• Peter Van Roy,
• Allison C. Daley
• & Derek E. G. Briggs

 www.nature.com/nature/journal/…