Luolishania
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Luolishania is an extinct genus of lobopodian panarthropod and known from the Lower Cambrian Chiungchussu Formation (Maotianshan Shales) of the Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, China. A monotypic genus, it contains one species Luolishania longicruris. It was discovered and described by Hou Xian-Guang and Chen Jun-Yuan in 1989.[1] It is one of the superarmoured Cambrian lobopodians suspected to be either an intermediate form in the origin of velvet worms (Onychophora)[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] or basal to at least Tardigrada and Arthropoda.[10][11][12] It is the basis of the family name Luolishaniidae,[13] which also include other related lobopods such as Acinocricus, Collinsium, Facivermis, and Ovatiovermis.[8] Along with Microdictyon, it is the first lobopodian fossil discovered from China.[14]
Luolishania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
(unranked): | Panarthropoda |
Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
Family: | †Luolishaniidae |
Genus: | †Luolishania Hou & Chen, 1989 |
Species: | †L. longicruris |
Binomial name | |
†Luolishania longicruris Hou & Chen, 1989 | |