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Illustration of Hurdia victoria by Marianne Collins. This marine predator lived 500 million years ago and reveals clues to the origins of arthropods. © J B Caron ...

Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that has an important story to tell ...

The fossils of a monster predator with a circular jaw and a pair of claws on its head has been discovered in the old collections of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, researchers said on Thursday.

In the Cambrian Period, one of the mightiest predators cruising the primeval oceans was a critter about the size of a lobster, researchers say, and it wouldn't win any beauty contests: "The animal is ...

For an animal nicknamed the “T. rex of the Cambrian” – the apex predator of its food chain – the ancient arthropod Hurdia victoria has had a tough time getting properly recognised. The species was ...

An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new animal lurking in the depths of the Royal Ontario Museum's fossil collection. The team, lead by a Canadian researcher at Sweden's Uppsala ...

An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new animal lurking in the depths of the Royal Ontario Museum's fossil collection: a clawed predator that would have dominated the food chain ...

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Author’s Note: A post currently in preparation reminded me of Hurdia, a bizarre Cambrian creature that was initially divvied up into parts attributed various invertebrate groups and has only recently ...