Isoxys
| Isoxys Temporal range: | |
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| Isoxys curvirostratus from the Chengjiang Biota | |
| Fossil of Isoxys acutangulus from the Burgess Shale | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Isoxyida |
| Family: | †Isoxyidae |
| Genus: | †Isoxys Walcott, 1890 |
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Isoxys (meaning "equal surfaces") is a genus of extinct bivalved Cambrian arthropod; the various species of which are thought to have been freely swimming predators. It had a pair of large spherical eyes (which are the most commonly preserved feature of the soft-bodied anatomy), and two large frontal appendages used to grasp prey.
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