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Radiodont
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Radiodonta.
Head sclerites, eyes and trunk
- Stanleycaris, Hurdia, Aegirocassis, Peytoia and Cambroraster are all examples of hurdiid radiodonts. These were the most diverse and long lasting of the radiodont families, surviving from the Cambrian up until the Devonian.
- Anomalocaris is a member of the anomalocarididae family, which at one point included all radiodonts, but now only includes a few genera such as Lenisicaris.
- Amplectobelua and Lyrarapax are representatives of the amplectobeluidae which is a very inclusive family of mainly Chinese radiodonts.
- Echidnacaris and Tamisiocaris are examples of the family tamisiocarididae which were exclusively suspension feeding radiodonts from the Cambrian.