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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5317/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Fossil of Strange Sea Creature Discovered' data-article-id='5872'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14792'>About 506 million years ago, a strange sea creature swam in warm waters on the ocean floor off the coast of present-day Canada. </span> <span data-start-time='14792' data-end-time='21271'>At that point in time, it was one of Earth's largest hunters.</span> <span data-start-time='21271' data-end-time='33771'>Titanokorys gainesi or Titanokorys, for short is an arthropod from the Cambrian geological period. </span> <span data-start-time='33771' data-end-time='44000'>Titanokorys lived during a time when much of present-day North America was below warm seas.</span> <span data-start-time='44000' data-end-time='53750'>On September 8, scientists announced the discovery of its fossils in the Canadian Rockies. </span> <span data-start-time='53750' data-end-time='60896'>The area where it was found is known to be rich in Cambrian fossils.</span> <span data-start-time='60896' data-end-time='69313'>The name Titanokorys means titanic helmet -- and for good reason. </span> <span data-start-time='69313' data-end-time='73021'>Titanic means very large. </span> <span data-start-time='73021' data-end-time='77750'>Helmet is a hard hat you wear on your head. </span> <span data-start-time='77750' data-end-time='89229'>And this creature's “helmet” or head shell made up about two-thirds of its 50-centimeter-long body.</span> <span data-start-time='89229' data-end-time='97063'>While that may not sound very big, during the Cambrian Period it was huge.</span> <span data-start-time='97063' data-end-time='103833'>Most other life forms were smaller than a human thumbnail at that time. </span> <span data-start-time='103833' data-end-time='114688'>By comparison, Titanokorys was longer than an adult human forearm,” said Jean-Bernard Caron. </span> <span data-start-time='114688' data-end-time='121708'>He is a paleontologist of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. </span> <span data-start-time='121708' data-end-time='131938'>He is also the lead writer of the study that appeared in the publication Royal Society Open Science.</span> <span data-start-time='131938' data-end-time='138750'>He and his team spoke with Reuters news agency about their discovery.</span> <span data-start-time='138750' data-end-time='145021'>Caron said in its day, Titanokorys was a “giant.” </span> <span data-start-time='145021' data-end-time='150146'>It was also a very strange looking animal. </span> <span data-start-time='150146' data-end-time='158750'>He added, “it could be compared to a giant swimming head since the body was so short …”</span> <span data-start-time='158750' data-end-time='166396'>The creature was also flat, so it could live on the sea floor.</span> <span data-start-time='166396' data-end-time='172917'>The eyes of the Titanokorys had many different moving parts. </span> <span data-start-time='172917' data-end-time='180625'>Its circular mouth was lined with triangular tooth-like structures. </span> <span data-start-time='180625' data-end-time='184750'>It had two claws to capture prey. </span> <span data-start-time='184750' data-end-time='193563'>It had gills and a series of flaps on the sides of its body for swimming.</span> <span data-start-time='193563' data-end-time='201354'>Scientists think the Titanokorys fed on buried prey like worms. </span> <span data-start-time='201354' data-end-time='206625'>It used its claws to dig in the mud to find food. </span> <span data-start-time='206625' data-end-time='211188'>However, its claws did not pick up the prey; 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