That's No Dino!: Or Is It? What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur

That's No Dino!: Or Is It? What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur — page 3
Anomalocaris Ah noh ma loh KAH riss Lived 508 million years ago Hundreds of millions of years ago the oceans were full of tiny creatures When Anomalocaris appeared it seemed gigantic by comparison Because of its bulk it needed to eat a lot of itty bitty creatures to survive Its huge eyes helped it find prey in the murky water Then it would seize the prey with its two graspers shove the food into its mouth and crush it Anomalocaris had a hard shell covering its body instead of a backbone But all dinosaurs had a backbone Anomalocaris was related to today's shrimp crabs and cockroaches Hard exterior shell Up to 1 m 3.3 ft long AHH