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Biota of China.
Nectocaris was a free-swimming,
predatory or
scavenging organism. This
lifestyle is
reflected in its
binomial name:
Nectocaris means "swimming...
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appearance of
gastropods (e.g., Aldanella),
cephalopods (e.g., Plectronoceras,
Nectocaris?) and
bivalves (Pojetaia, Fordilla)
towards the
middle of the Cambrian...
- had a
monoplacophoran affinity.: 57 Additionally, the
discovery that
Nectocaris pteryx,
which did not have a s**** and
appeared to
possess jet propulsion...
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fossil Nectocaris represents a
coleoid (or
other cephalopod) that lost its s****,
possibly secondarily,
although it is more
likely that
Nectocaris represents...
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evidence is
difficult to
reconcile with this view, and the
redescription of
Nectocaris pteryx,
which did not have a s**** and
appeared to
possess jet propulsion...
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Mesozoic Palaeozoic Misidentified Probable misidentified genera Nectocarididae: (
Nectocaris, Nectocotis)
Kirengellida Volbort****a
Shelbyoceras Pohlsepia...
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superficially resemble squids. Only two
genera have been described,
being Nectocaris (=Vetustovermis, Petalilium?) from the
Cambrian period, and Nectocotis...
- vetulicolian; free-swimming
arthropods like
isoxyids and hymenocarines;
Nectocaris).
Bicknell et al. (2023)
examined the
frontal appendages of Anomalocaris...
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Mesozoic Palaeozoic Misidentified Probable misidentified genera Nectocarididae: (
Nectocaris, Nectocotis)
Kirengellida Volbort****a
Shelbyoceras Pohlsepia...
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Cambrian fossil organisms were noted. Chen et al.
suggested similarities to
Nectocaris pteryx.
Others pointed to a
general resemblance between Tullimonstrum...
