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Viridicursor

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"Scalpricursor goliath is the biggest known species but there are also genera which are not much longer than the head of this specimen" was a qute by myself.


And here it is, the smallest known scalpricursid and at the same time the smallest known pseudo-athropod. Like the recently described Delabodromeus, it sucks its food but Viridicursor is the vegetarian* of the family and only bore it's trunk into fleshy leaves. Another difference is that this organ is not formed by the upper jaw but the fused mandibles.


*adult Viridicursor are feed indeed only on plants but the juveniles need blood which the adults collect from carcasses and store in is bladder near the rectum.
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MX320 series
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