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

78 species, not counting Nektaspida and Trilobita

Class Nektaspida

2 species

Class Trilobita

6 species

  • Eoredlichia intermedia
  • Kuanyangia pustulosa
  • Palaeolenus lantenoisi
  • Tsunyidiscus aclis
  • Wutingaspis tingi
  • Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis

Phylum Brachiopoda

5 species.

Phylum Chaetognatha

1 species

  • Eognathacantha ercainella

Phylum Cnidaria

2 species

  • Priscapennamarina
  • Xianguangia sinica

Phylum Chordata

9 species

Phylum Ctenophora

3 species

Phylum Entoprocta

1 species

Phylum Echinodermata

2 species

  • Dianchicystis jianshanensis
  • Vetulocystis catenata

Phylum Hemichordata

2 species

Phylum Hyolitha

8 species

  • Ambrolinevitus
    • A. maximus
    • A. platypluteus
    • A. ventricosus
  • Burithes yunnanensis
  • Glossolithes magnus
  • Linevitus
    • L. billingsi
    • L. flabellaris
    • L. opimus

Phylum Lobopodia

11 species

Phylum Nematomorpha

3 species

Phylum Phoronida

1 species

  • Iotuba chengjiangensis

Phylum Porifera

15 species

  • Allantospongia mica
  • Choia xiaolantianensis
  • Choiaella radiata
  • Hazelia
  • Leptomitella
    • Leptomitella confusa
    • Leptomitella conica
    • Leptomitella metta
  • Leptomitus teretiusculus
  • Paraleptomitella
    • Paraleptomitella dictyodroma
    • Paraleptomitella globula
  • Quadrolaminiella
    • Quadrolaminiella crassa
    • Quadrolaminiella diagonalis
  • Saetaspongia densa
  • Sinfoflabrum antiquum
  • Triticispongia diagonata

Phylum Priapulida

16 species

Phylum Vetulicolia

11 species

  • Vetulicola cuneata
  • Vetulicola gantoucunensis
  • Vetulicola longbaoshanensis
  • Vetulicola rectangulata
  • Vetulicola monile

Enigmatic

23 species

Phlogites longus
  • Allonnia phrixothrix
  • Amiskwia sinica
  • Anthrotum robustus
  • Batofasciculus ramificans
  • Cambrotentacus sanwuia
  • Conicula straita
  • Dinomischus venustus
  • Discoides abnormalis
  • Eldonia eumorpha
  • Facivermis yunnanicus
  • Hippotrum spinatus
  • Jiucunia petalina
  • Maanshania crusticeps
  • Macrocephalus elongates
  • Parvulonoda dubia
  • Petalilium latus (possible mollusk or pre-cephalopod)
  • Phacatrum tubifer
  • Phasangula striata
  • Phlogites brevis
  • Phlogites longus
  • Priscapennamarina angusta
  • Pristitoites bifarius
  • Rhipitrus calvifer
  • Rotadiscus grandis

Kingdom Protista (algae)

  • Fuxianospira gyrata
  • Megaspirellus houi
  • Sinocylindra yunnanensis
  • Yuknessia

References

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