Ercaicunia

Ercaicunia is genus of Cambrian arthropod known for being a member of the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species E. multinodosa. It was described by Luo et al in 1999.[1] Specimens were CT scanned in 2019, which revealed it to be a stem-group crustacean.[2]

Ercaicunia
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
(unranked):
Pancrustacea
Genus:
Ercaicunia
Species:
E. multinodosa

Luo et al, 1999

See also

References
  1. H.L. Luo, S.X. Hu, L.Z. Chen, S.S. Zhang, Y.H. Tao Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna from Kunming Region, China Yunnan Sci. Technol. Press, Kunming (1999) (In Chinese)
  2. Zhai, Dayou; Ortega-Hernández, Javier; Wolfe, Joanna M.; Hou, Xianguang; Cao, Chunjie; Liu, Yu (January 2019). "Three-Dimensionally Preserved Appendages in an Early Cambrian Stem-Group Pancrustacean". Current Biology. 29 (1): 171–177.e1. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.060.


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