Longtancunella Temporal range:
Cambrian Stage 3,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | † Chileata (?) |
Genus: | †
Longtancunella Hou et al. 1999 |
Species: | †L. chengjiangensis
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Binomial name | |
†Longtancunella chengjiangensis Hou et al. 1999
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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). [2]
Longtancunella Temporal range:
Cambrian Stage 3,
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---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
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). [2]