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Bottom Feeding Anamalocarididae

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So, I've been motivated to do some speccing with anomalocarididae, so here it is. I guess this could take place in some alt evo scenario where the Cambrian fauna survives, or something.

Firstly, the body would be flattened by a significant margin, resulting in the flat, oval-esk, almost louse like creature above. Beyond this, the "wings" would become move inward, rooted near the center of the animal and facing out, and going underneath the body for the most part, again shown above. This would allow for quick movement across the sea floor and bottom substrate. The head would also flatten, and given a diet of picking stuff up off the seafloor, the head and mouth would widen, allowing a large area to grap prey. The eyes move to the front and side of the animal, allowing it to look forward and around, which is better for looking for prey at the bottom then the more centered eyes designed for open waters. Once again, the diet is of picking prey up off the bottom, so an expanded mouthpart could fill the roll, freeing up the.... feelers in the front of the animal, which could be instead used for a variety of things. Here, they are made to work like antennae, feeling in front of the animal to understand it's environment, in addition to find prey and obstacles.

This is just a basic/early concept. Thought seeing how many forms the bodyplan was adapted into in the Cambrian, something like this in an alternate (or even HE) Silurian wouldn't be that surprising.
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duder amazing drong!. come check out some of mine i think we have similar styles of art