Size estimation of Omnidens as a gilled lobopodian, with the only evident region (mouthparts) highlighted in dark grey.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
(unranked):
Panarthropoda
Genus:
†Omnidens Hou, Bergström, and Yang, 2006
Type species
Omnidens amplus
Hou, Bergström, and Yang, 2006
Omnidens amplus, meaning "large all-tooth", is an extinct species of large Cambrian animal known only from a series of large mouth apparatus, originally mistaken as the mouthparts of anomalocaridids.[1] When first named, it was interpreted as a giant priapulid,[1] but is now considered a panarthropod.[2] Its mouth apparatus closely resembles that of the smaller gilled lobopodian Pambdelurion, indicating it is likely to have been a close relative of that species, with which it may be synonymous.[2] With a maximum estimated body length of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft), Omnidens is suggested to have been the largest known free-living Cambrian organism.[2]Omnidens fossils are found in the Maotianshan Shales.[1]
^ abcCite error: The named reference Hou2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcCite error: The named reference Vinther2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
length of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft), Omnidens is suggested to have been the largest known free-living Cambrian organism. Omnidens fossils are found in the Maotianshan...
and is estimated to have reached a length of 55 centimetres (22 in). Omnidens, an organism from China that closely resembles Pambdelurion and may even...
although the presence of lobopods in this genus is not definitively proven. Omnidens, a genus known only from a Pambdelurion-like mouth apparatus, may also...
length. Based on the findings of mouthparts, the Cambrian gilled lobopodian Omnidens amplus is estimated to have been 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). It is also known...
Oligonodus specialis Luo & Hu 1999 nomen dubium Genus Omnidens? Hou & al 2006 (Chengjiang deposits) Omnidens amplus Hou & al 2006 Genus Sandaokania Luo & Hu...
Global Information
