Cambrian super-predators grew large in arms race

Metre-long anomalocaridids survived millions of years later than was thought.

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Ewen Callaway
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Callaway, E. Cambrian super-predators grew large in arms race. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.318