[Rockhounds] Cambroraster falcatus - The Cambrian "spaceship" from the Burgess Shale

[Paul]

Meet Cambroraster falcatus, the sediment-sifting ???Roomba??? of the
Cambrian This crustacean-like critter stalked the seas half a billion
years ago. Katherine Wu, NOVA,, July 30, 2019
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/cambroraster-falcatus-cambrian/

Moysiuk, J. and Caron, J.B., 2019. A new hurdiid radiodont
from the Burgess Shale evinces the exploitation of Cambrian
infaunal food sources. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286
(1908), p.20191079. Open access
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2019.1079

Proceedings of the Royal Society B PDF
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2019.1079

Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society PDF
https://www.brantfordlapidarymineral.ca/Cambroraster%20rspb.2019.1079.pdf

Sun, Z., Zeng, H. and Zhao, F., Occurrence of the hurdiid
radiodont Cambroraster in the middle Cambrian (Wuliuan)
Mantou Formation of North China. Journal of Paleontology, 1(6), p.2.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341218446_Occurrence_of_the_hurdiid_radiodont_Cambroraster_in_the_middle_Cambrian_Wuliuan_Mantou_Formation_of_North_China

More research by Fangchen Zhao
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fangchen_Zhao/research

Liu, Y., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Audo, D., Zhai, D., Mai, H. and
Ortega-Hern??ndez, J., 2020. Occurrence of the eudemersal
radiodont Cambroraster in the early Cambrian Chengjiang
Lagerst??tte and the diversity of hurdiid ecomorphotypes.
Geological Magazine, pp.1-7. open access
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/occurrence-of-the-eudemersal-radiodont-cambroraster-in-the-early-cambrian-chengjiang-lagerstatte-and-the-diversity-of-hurdiid-ecomorphotypes/D4AD12D56D158EC7AFD9ACBA499B6A7C

Pates, S., Botting, J.P., McCobb, L.M. and Muir, L.A.,
2020. A miniature Ordovician hurdiid from Wales
demonstrates the adaptability of Radiodonta. Royal
Society Open Science, 7(6), p.200459.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.200459

Yours,

Paul H.