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  • Leanchoilia illecebrosa (Hou 1987)


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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
    Class: Megacheira Hou and Bergström 1997
    Order: Leanchoilida Størmer, 1944
    Family: Leanchoiliidae Raymond, 1935
    Genus: Leanchoilia
    Species: Leanchoilia illecebrosa
    Author Citation (Hou 1987)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Cambrian
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Age 2, "Stage 3"

    Stratigraphy

    Heilinpu Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis Zone

    Provenance

    Collector: T. Bastelberger
    Date Collected: 06/01/2013
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 2 cm

    Location

    Jianshan
    Kunming Town
    Yunnan Province
    China

    Comments

    Alternative combination: Alalcomenaeus illecebrosus.

    Taxonomy from Liu Yu et al. 2007.

    Diagnosis for Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 from Liu Yu et al. 2007, p. 264: "A species of Leanchoilia with rami of ʻgreat appendageʼ with poorly visible distinction between shaft and filament, and with a single hook on the outermost ramus. Body comparatively slim. Rostrum pointed anteriorly, not extended into a snout. Tail piece dagger-shaped."

    Line drawing from Liu Yu et al. p. 265:

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    References:

    Hou Xian-Guang (1987) Two new arthropods from Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang, eastern Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26, 236–256.
    Liu Yu, Hou Xian-Guang & Bergström, J. (2007) Chengjiang arthropod Leanchoilia illecebrosa (Hou, 1987) reconsidered. GFF, Vol. 129 (Pt. 3, September), pp. 263–272. Stockholm. ISSN 1103-5897.
    Haug, J.T., Briggs, D.E. & Haug, C. (2012) Morphology and function in the Cambrian Burgess Shale megacheiran arthropod Leanchoilia superlata and the application of a descriptive matrix. BMC Evol Biol 12, 162. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-162 

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