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Invertebrate

Cambroraster

Cambroraster was a radiodont with a broad head carapace and specialized frontal appendages.

Cambroraster was a radiodont with a broad head carapace and specialized frontal appendages. Its unusual head outline creates a recognizable shape even before the details of its limbs are visible.

Cambroraster at a glance

Diet
Diet uncertain
When it lived
Cambrian
Group
Hurdiidae
Hurdiidae

Beyond the game

The real Cambroraster

Cambroraster was a radiodont with a broad head carapace and specialized frontal appendages. Its unusual head outline creates a recognizable shape even before the details of its limbs are visible.

Its specialised appendages have been interpreted in connection with gathering food near the sea floor. The broad carapace and feeding structures distinguish it from other radiodonts.

Fossil discoveries

British Columbia, Canada · approximate locationShangdong, China · approximate location
British Columbia, CanadaShangdong, China

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · J. Moysiuk and J.-B. Caron. 2019. Burgess Shale fossils shed light on the agnostid problem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286(1894):20182314 ↗

Paleobiology Database · Z. Sun, H. Zeng, and F. Zhao. 2020. Occurrence of the hurdiid radiodont Cambroraster in the middle Cambrian (Wuliuan) Mantou Formation of North China. Journal of Paleontology 94(5):881-886 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

Explore the references behind this profile.

  1. Royal Ontario Museum: Cambroraster falcatus
  2. Paleobiology Database: Cambroraster falcatus (txn:490850)

Original English Dinosgacha summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.

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