Paranomalocaris

{{Short description|Extinct genus of radiodonts}}

{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|Cambrian Stage 4}}

| image = 20210707_Radiodonta_frontal_appendage_Paranomalocaris.png

| image_caption = Frontal appendages of Paranomalocaris

| image2 = Paranomalocaris-multisegmentalis-gen-nov-sp-nov-from-the-Guanshan-biota-Yunnan.png

| image2_caption = Holotype of P. multisegmentalis

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = †Dinocaridida

| ordo = †Radiodonta

| genus = †Paranomalocaris
Wang et al. 2013

| type_species = Paranomalocaris multisegmentalis

| type_species_authority = Wang, Huang & Hu, 2013

| subdivision_ranks = species

| subdivision = *Paranomalocaris simplex
Jiao et al. 2021

}}

Paranomalocaris is a genus of radiodont recovered from the Cambrian Stage 4 aged Wulongqing Formation, eastern Yunnan. It contains two species, Paranomalocaris multisegmentalis and P. simplex.{{Cite journal|last1=Jiao|first1=De-guang|last2=Pates|first2=Stephen|last3=Lerosey-Aubril|first3=Rudy|last4=Ortega-Hernandez|first4=Javier|last5=Yang|first5=Jie|last6=Lan|first6=Tian|last7=Zhang|first7=Xi-guang|date=2021|title=The endemic radiodonts of the Cambrian Stage 4 Guanshan biota of South China|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|language=en|volume=66|doi=10.4202/app.00870.2020|s2cid=236683029|issn=0567-7920|doi-access=free}} It is only known from its frontal appendage.

The frontal appendage features endites with numerous auxiliary spines, and at least 22 segments (podomeres), hence the specific name multisegmentalis.{{Cite journal|author1=YuanYuan Wang |author2=DiYing Huang |author3=ShiXue Hu |year=2013 |title=New anomalocardid frontal appendages from the Guanshan biota, eastern Yunnan |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=58 |issue=32 |pages=3937–3942 |doi=10.1007/s11434-013-5908-x |bibcode=2013ChSBu..58.3937W |doi-access=free }}