anomalocarid

English

Noun

anomalocarid (plural anomalocarids)

1. A member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.
   • 1992, Desmond Collins, “Whither Anomalocaris? The search in the Burgess Shale continues”, in Fifth North American Paleontological Convention:

     A third anomalocarid is now recognized in the Burgess Shale. Its front half is composed of 3 or 4 carapace like parts previously named Hurdia and Proboscicaris.

   • 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:

     Not paying attention, for the first time, means getting eaten by the swooping anomalocarid.

2. Misspelling of anomalocaridid.