Jianshania furfactus Rare Arthropod from Chengjiang

Jianshania furfactus

Phylum Arthropoda

Geological Time: Early Cambrian (~525 million years ago)

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): 8 mm long on a 39 mm by 30 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Chengjiang Biota - Quiongzhusi Section, Yu’anshan Member, Heilinpu Formation, Mafang Village, Haikou County, Yunnan Province, China

Code: CJF527

Price: $350.00

Jianshania furfactusDescription: This unusual arthropod is known as Jianshania furcatus. The species is known from several incomplete specimens, none of which are in excess of 11 mm. The closest taxa are Fuxuianhuia and Chengjiangocaris in the Chengjiang Biota. Another close relative, Pisinnocaris, may actually be the same creature. Based upon its broad body outline, some think it was a bottom dweller.

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