New species of Cambrian predator discovered in 506 million year old shale


July 30, 2019

Fossils discovered in the Canadian Rockies belong to a new species of predator that dates back to the Cambrian Period.

This large predator had claws shaped like a rake, a circular shaped mouth lined with teeth, and could have grown up to a foot long. The species, named Cambroraster falcatus, was described from fossils unearthed by paleontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto.

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