Antennacanthopodia

Antennacanthopodia
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Panarthropoda
Stem group: Onychophora
Genus: †Antennacanthopodia
Ou et al., 2011[1]
Species:
†A. gracilis
Binomial name
†Antennacanthopodia gracilis
Ou et al., 2011[1]

Antennacanthopodia is a rare unarmoured lobopodian from the Chengjiang biota, with prickly legs, a pair of 'antennae', and an onychophoran-like body outline (Early Cambrian, ~520 Ma). It also has a pair of frontal antennae, potential ocellus-like lateral visual organs, second antennae possibly homologous to the slime papillae of modern Onychophorans, a straight, voluminous midgut, diminutive spines arrayed on the leg and the trunk, well-developed leg musculature, highly sclerotized terminal leg pads, and presumptively a pair of posteriormost appendicules.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Qiang Ou; Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; Xiaoqiao Wan; Qianping Lei (2011). "A rare onychophoran-like lobopodian from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstätte, southwestern China, and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (3): 587–594. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..587O. doi:10.1666/09-147R2.1. S2CID 53056128.


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