List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum
List of Chengjiang Biota species is of fossils found at Maotianshan Shales whose most famous assemblage of organisms are referred to as the Chengjiang biota.[1]
Phylum Arthropoda[]
80 species, not counting Dinocarida, Nektaspida and Trilobita
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- Acanthomeridion serratum
- Alalcomenaeus
- Almenia spinosa
- Apiocephalus elegans
- Branchiocaris yunnanensis
- Canadaspis laevigata
- Chengjiangocaris longiformis
- Chuandianella ovata
- Cindarella eucalla
- Clypecaris pteroidea
- Combinivalvula chengjiangensis
- Cyathocepalus bispinosus
- Dianchia mirabilis
- Diplopyge
- D. forcipatus
- D. minutus
- Dongshanocaris foliiformis
- Ercaia minuscula
- Ercaicunia multinodosa
- Forfexicaris valida
- Forticeps foliosa
- Fuxianhuia protensa
- Glossocaris occulatus
- Haikoucaris ercaiensis
- Isoxys
- I. auritus
- I. curvirostratus
- I. paradoxus
- Jianfengia multisegmentalis
- Jianshania furcatus
- Jiucunella paulula
- Kuamaia
- K. lata
- K. muricata
- Kuanyangia pustulosa
- Kunmingella
- K. angustacostata
- K. douvillei
- K. guanshanensis
- Kunmingocaris bispinosus
- Kunyangella cheni
- Leanchoilia
- L. asiatica
- L. illecebrosa
- Liangshanella liangshenensis
- Mafangia subscalaria
- Malongella bituerculata
- Occacaris oviformis
- Odaraia eurypetala
- Ovalicephalis mirabilis
- Panlongia
- P. spinosa
- P. tetranudosa
- Parakunmingella malongensis
- Parapaleomerus sinensis
- Pectocaris spatiosa
- Pisinnocaris subconigera
- Primicaris larvaformis
- Pseudoiulia cambriensis
- Pterotum triacanthus
- Pygmaclypeatus daiensis
- Retifacies abnormalis
- Saperion glumaceum
- Sidneyia sinica
- Sinoburius lunaris
- Squamacula clypeata
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- T. latizonae
- T. oxygonae
- Trigoides aclis
- Tuzoia sinensis (a phyllocarid)
- Urokodia aequalis
- Xandarella spectaculum
Class Dinocaridida[]
- Amplectobelua symbrachiata
- Cucumericrus decoratus
- Houcaris saron
- Lyrarapax unguispinus
- Lyrarapax trilobus
- Omnidens amplus
- Ramskoeldia consimilis
- Ramskoeldia platyacantha
Class Nektaspida[]
Misszhouia longicaudata
2 species
Class Trilobita[]
6 species
- Eoredlichia intermedia
- Kuanyangia pustulosa
- Palaeolenus lantenoisi
- Tsunyidiscus aclis
- Wutingaspis tingi
- Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis
Phylum Brachiopoda[]
5 species
- Heliomedusa orienta
- Lingulella chengjiangensis
- Lingulellotreta malongensis
- Longtancunella chengjiangensis
Phylum Chaetognatha[]
1 species
Phylum Cnidaria[]
2 species
Phylum Chordata[]
Haikouichthys ercaicunensis
9 species
- Cathaymyrus
- C. diadexus
- C. haikouensis
- Haikouella
- H. jianshanensis
- H. lanceolata
- Haikouichthys ercaicunensis
- Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa
- Shankouclava anningense (a tunicate)
- Zhongjianichthys rostratus
- Zhongxiniscus intermedius
Phylum Ctenophora[]
3 species
Phylum Entoprocta[]
1 species
Phylum Echinodermata[]
2 species
Phylum Hemichordata[]
2 species
Phylum Hyolitha[]
8 species
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- A. maximus
- A. platypluteus
- A. ventricosus
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- L. billingsi
- L. flabellaris
- L. opimus
Phylum Lobopodia[]
Hallucigenia fortis
10 species, not counting Omnidens
- Cardiodictyon catenulum
- Diania cactiformis
- Facivermis yunnanicus
- Hallucigenia fortis
- Jianshanopodia decorata
- Lenisambulatrix humboldti
- Luolishania longicruris
- Microdictyon sinicum
- Onychodictyon ferox
- Paucipodia inermis
Phylum Mollusca[]
Orthrozanclus elongata
- Orthrozanclus elongata
- Petalilium latus
- Wiwaxia papilio
Phylum Nematomorpha[]
3 species
Phylum Phoronida[]
1 species
Phylum Porifera[]
15 species
- Choia xiaolantianensis
- Hazelia
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- Leptomitella confusa
- Leptomitella conica
- Leptomitella metta
- Leptomitus teretiusculus
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- Paraleptomitella dictyodroma
- Paraleptomitella globula
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- Quadrolaminiella crassa
- Quadrolaminiella diagonalis
Phylum Priapulida[]
16 species
- Acosmia maotiania
- Archotuba conoidalis
- Corynetis brevis
- Paraselkirkia jinningensis
- Protopriapulites haikouensis
- Selkirkia
- Selkirkia elongata
- Selkirkia sinica
- Sicyophorus rarus
- Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris
Phylum Vetulicolia[]
Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi
11 species
- Vetulicola cuneata
- Vetulicola gantoucunensis
- Vetulicola longbaoshanensis
- Vetulicola rectangulata
- Vetulicola monile
- Beidazoon venustum
- Xidazoon stephanus
- Didazoon hoae
- Pomatrum ventralis
- Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi
Enigmatic[]
24 species
- Allonnia phrixothrix
- Amiskwia sinica
- Cheungkongella ancestralis
- Dinomischus venustus
- Eldonia eumorpha
- Macrocephalus elongates
- Rotadiscus grandis
Kingdom Protista (algae)[]
References[]
Categories:
- Prehistoric fauna by locality
- Maotianshan shales fossils