Cool ancient predator finally complete [Now clone it!]
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Everyone knows ancient arthropod predators are cool and here is the coolest of them all, Hurdia victoria. After many years of having it’s body parts miss classified and given to other animals has finally been given it’s due.
I for one who like to see Hurdia victoria resurrected in some sort of prehistoric sea world, and of course that includes it’s escape and rampage of destruction. Hurdia Victoria “….was initially described as a crustacean by American palaeontologist Charles Walcott in 1912. But its bizarre appearance and the discovery of numerous partial fossils led to it being misclassified variously as a species of jellyfish, sea cucumber and its close relative Anomalocaris.”
For more information check out NewScientist.
