Antennacanthopodia

Antennacanthopodia; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
(unranked):	Panarthropoda
Stem group:	Onychophora
Genus:	†Antennacanthopodia; Ou et al., 2011
Species:	†A. gracilis
Binomial name
	†Antennacanthopodia gracilis; Ou et al., 2011

Antennacanthopodia is a rare unarmoured lobopodian from the Chengjiang biota, with prickly legs, a pair of 'antennae', and an onychophoran-like body outline (Early Cambrian, ∼520 Ma). It also has a pair of frontal antennae, potential ocellus-like lateral visual organs, second antennae possibly homologous to the slime papillae of modern Onychophorans, a straight, voluminous midgut, diminutive spines arrayed on the leg and the trunk, well-developed leg musculature, highly sclerotized terminal leg pads, and presumptively a pair of posteriormost appendicules.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Qiang Ou; Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; Xiaoqiao Wan; Qianping Lei (2011). "A rare onychophoran-like lobopodian from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstätte, southwestern China, and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (3): 587–594. doi:10.1666/09-147R2.1.

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[Ou-1] Qiang Ou; Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; Xiaoqiao Wan; Qianping Lei (2011). "A rare onychophoran-like lobopodian from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstätte, southwestern China, and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (3): 587–594. doi:10.1666/09-147R2.1.

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