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This is a list 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
• Comptaluta inflata
• Comptaluta leshanensis
• Cyathocepalus bispinosus
• Dianchia mirabilis
• Diplopyge
  • D. forcipatus
  • D. minutus
• Dongshanocaris foliiformis
• Ercaia minuscula
• Ercaicunia multinodosa
• Forfexicaris valida
• Fortiforceps 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
• Mafangocaris multinodus
• Malongella bituerculata
• Occacaris oviformis
• 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
• Rhombicalvaria acanthi
• Saperion glumaceum
• Sidneyia sinica
• Sinoburius lunaris
• Skioldia aldna
• Spinokunmingella typica
• Sunella grandis
• Squamacula clypeata
• Synophalos xynos
• Syrrhaptis intes
• Tanglangia caudata
• Tauricornicaris
  • T. latizonae
  • T. oxygonae
• Trigoides aclis
• Tsunyiella daindongensis
• Tuzoia sinensis
• Urokodia aequalis
• Wujicaris muelleri
• Wutingella binodosa
• Xandarella spectaculum
• Yiliangocaris ellipticus
• Yunnanocaris megista

Class Dinocaridida

• Amplectobelua symbrachiata
• Cucumericrus decoratus
• Cambroraster sp.
• Houcaris saron
• Innovatiocaris maotianshanensis
• Innovatiocaris? multispiniformis
• Laminacaris chimera
• Lenisicaris lupata
• Lyrarapax unguispinus
• Lyrarapax trilobus
• Omnidens amplus
• Ramskoeldia consimilis
• Ramskoeldia platyacantha
• Shucaris ankylosskelos

Class Nektaspida

2 species

• Misszhouia longicaudata
• Naraoia spinosa

Class Trilobita

6 species

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

Phylum Annelida

1 species

• Iotuba chengjiangensis

Phylum Brachiopoda

5 species

• Diandongia pista
• Heliomedusa orienta
• Lingulella chengjiangensis
• Lingulellotreta malongensis
• Longtancunella chengjiangensis

Clade Gnathifera

4 species

• Amiskwia sinica
• Ankalodous sericus
• Eognathacantha ercainella
• Inquicus fellatus

Phylum Cnidaria

3 species

• Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis
• Nailiana ^[2]
• Priscapennamarina
• Xianguangia sinica

Phylum Chordata

10 species

• Cathaymyrus
  • C. diadexus
  • C. haikouensis
• Haikouella
  • H. jianshanensis
  • H. lanceolata
• Haikouichthys ercaicunensis
• Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa
• Shankouclava anningense (a tunicate)
• Zhongjianichthys rostratus
• Zhongxiniscus intermedius
• Yunnanozoon lividum

Phylum Ctenophora

3 species

• Maotianoascus octonarius
• Sinoascus paillatus
• Stromatoveris psygmoglena

Phylum Entoprocta

1 species

• Cotyledion tylodes

Phylum Echinodermata

2 species

• Dianchicystis jianshanensis
• Vetulocystis catenata

Phylum Hemichordata

3 species

• Cambrobranchus pelagobenthos
• Galeaplumosus abilus
• Yuknessia

Phylum Hyolitha

8 species

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

Phylum Lobopodia

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
• Petalilium latus
• Wiwaxia papilio

Class Palaeoscolecida

3 species

• Cricocosmia jinningensis
• Maotianshania cylindrica
• Palaeoscolex sinensis

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

• Acosmia maotiania
• Archotuba conoidalis
• Corynetis brevis
• Gantoucunia aspera
• Lagenula triolata
• Oligonodus specialis
• Paraselkirkia jinningensis
• Palaeopriapulites parvus
• Protopriapulites haikouensis
• Sandaokania latinodosa
• Selkirkia
  • Selkirkia elongata
  • Selkirkia sinica
• Sicyophorus rarus
• Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris
• Xishania longgiusula
• Yunnanopriapulus halteroformis

Phylum Vetulicolia

10 species

• Heteromorphus longicaudatus
• Vetulicola

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

• Beidazoon venustum
• Didazoon hoae
• Pomatrum ventralis
• Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi

Enigmatic

25 species

• Allonnia phrixothrix
• Anthrotum robustus
• Batofasciculus ramificans
• Cambrotentacus sanwuia
• Cheungkongella ancestralis
• Conicula straita
• Dinomischus venustus
• Discoides abnormalis
• Hippotrum spinatus
• Jiucunia petalina
• Maanshania crusticeps
• Macrocephalus elongates
• Parvulonoda dubia
• Phacatrum tubifer
• Phasangula striata
• Phlogites brevis
• Phlogites longus
• Priscapennamarina angusta
• Pristitoites bifarius
• Rhipitrus calvifer
• Rotadiscus grandis
• Stellostomites eumorphus (= Eldonia eumorpha)

Kingdom Protista (algae)

• Fuxianospira gyrata
• Megaspirellus houi
• Sinocylindra yunnanensis

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