Longtancunella

Longtancunella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Lophophorata
Phylum:Brachiopoda
Class:†Chileata (?)
Genus:†Longtancunella
Hou et al. 1999
Species: †L. chengjiangensis
Binomial name
Longtancunella chengjiangensis
Hou et al. 1999

Longtancunella is a genus of problematic brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Its pedicle, which resembles the modern Chileates', is often preserved; the organisms often live in clusters of around a dozen attached to the same basal object (usually a shell or exoskeleton).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L. E.; Ou, Q.; Han, J.; Shu, D. (2011). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cambrian stem rhynchonelliform brachiopod Longtancunella and its implications". Lethaia: no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00261.x.
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