Anomalocaris

Anomalocaris are prehistoric animals that are closely related to arthropods. They were the first marine super predator. They lived in the Cambrian seas.

It swam by propelling itself through the water by making wave-like motions with their flexible lobes on the side of their body. It at least 11 lobes in total. It had very large compound eyes on stalks that had at least 16 000 individual lenses. It's mouth had a disc-like mouth. It had sharp, jagged prongs. Their were probably gills on top of each lobe. It reached up to 2 meters in length.

They fed on hard-bodied animals such as trilobites.

These were very interesting animals of the past!!!