Ercaicunia

Ercaicunia; Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
(unranked):	Pancrustacea
Genus:	Ercaicunia
Species:	E. multinodosa; Luo et al, 1999

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]

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^ 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)
^ 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. PMID 30595518.

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[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. PMID 30595518.

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