Luolishaniidae
| Luolishaniidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Superphylum: | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
| Family: | †Luolishaniidae |
The Luolishaniidae are a group of lobopodians with setiferous forelimbs.[1] The presence of thorn-shaped sclerites arranged as three per segment is diagnostic. The type genus is based on Luolishania longicruris Hou and Chen, 1989, from the Chengjiang Lagerstatte, South China.
References
- ↑ Hou, X.; Bergström, J. A. N. (1995). "Cambrian lobopodians-ancestors of extant onychophorans?". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 114: 3. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00110.x.
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