Fibulacaris

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title: Fibulacaris
text: Fibulacaris is a monotypic genus of fossil arthropod known only by one species, Fibulacaris nereidis, discovered from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of Canada. It was characterized by a bivalved carapace with an inverted rostrum, sandwiching the slender body with stalked eyes and homonomous appendages. It was probably an actively swimming filter feeder and possibly swam upside-down like some branchiopod crustaceans and horseshoe crabs. Phylogenetic analysis suggest it was a relative or member of Hym
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description: Genus of fossil Arthropod
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibulacaris
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date modified: 2023-10-23T02:43:31Z
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