Leanchoilia illecebrosa


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Megacheira
Order
Leanchoilida
Family
Leanchoiliidae
Binomial Name
Leanchoilia illecebrosa
Formation
Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales, Quiongzhusi Section, Yu'anshan Member, Heilinpu Formation
Locale
Mafang Village, Anning, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Age
Early Cambrian (Atdabanian)
Notes

Leanchoilia had long grasping appendages at the front. They aren't preserved in this specimen and they rarely are.

This is one of the more common arthropods of the Chengjiang Shales. From this site we know that there were many marine arthropods in the early Cambrian that weren't trilobites. No doubt this was true of later periods in the Paleozoic as well, but we rarely get the excellent soft body preservation that can show this directly.


Image File

In addition to viewing the image on this page, you have the option to download the detailed (and large) image file, or to display the detailed file in your browser. (Refer to the buttons below the image.)

Display Size Image

Leanchoilia illecebrosa


Picture of Leanchoilia illecebrosa
Picture of Leanchoilia illecebrosa