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Prehistoric 'weird shrimps' traded claws for nets

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Cambrian fossil is earliest example of large swimming filter-feeder.

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  1. Vinther, J., Stein, M., Longrich, N. R. & Harper, D. A. T. Nature 507, 496-499 (2014).

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