Nectocaris was a free-swimming, predatory or scavenging organism. This lifestyle is reflected in its binomial name: Nectocaris means "swimming shrimp" (from the Ancient Greek νηκτόν, nekton, meaning "swimmer" and καρίς, karis, "shrimp").

Jul 5, 2011 · Since its description in 1976, the 505 million year old fossil Nectocaris pteryx from British Columbia’s famous Burgess Shale had vexed scientists. Known from a single specimen – appearing […]

May 26, 2010 · Nectocaris pteryx or “swimming crab with wings” was first described by Simon Conway Morris in 1976. It's one of the stars of Canada's Burgess Shale formation , arguably the planet’s most important collection of fossils.

Nectocarididae is a controversial family of animals that superficially resemble squids. Only two genera have been described, being Nectocaris (= Vetustovermis, Petalilium?) from the Cambrian period, and Nectocotis, from the Ordovician period. [2] .

Sep 2, 2022 · Nectocaris pteryx was described by the famous paleontologist Simon Conway Morris (1976) as a problematic animal of unknown affinity, based on a single poorly preserved fossil from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. For a long time this holotype fossil remained the only known specimen.

A free-swimming predator or scavenger, Nectocaris would have fed on small prey items with its prehensile tentacles in a similar fashion to squid today. Its primary mode of propulsion would have been in the flexing of its fins; it may have supplemented this by squirting water from its funnel.

A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris...

May 26, 2010 · Nectocaris is a miniscule cephalopod at only 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7 centimeters) long. It looks like a cartoon character from a Pixar movie with its bulging eyes and funnel-shaped...

May 27, 2010 · A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris pteryx.

A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris...