Chengjiang Fossils

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Fossils of Chengjiang, China
Eye witnesses to the Cambrian Explosion

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Chengjiang Biota Species List


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Clypecaris
Cindarella eucalla
Arthropoda
Arthropod
Unusual Soft-bodied Arthropod
Primitive Chordate Death Assemblage
Ancient Brachiopod
Rare Shelled Arthropod
Arthropod
Unusual Soft-bodied Arthropod
Microdictyon
Vetulicolia
Nematomorph Worm
Primitive Echinoderm
Lobopodian (velvet worm)
Lobopodia
Opabinid Arthropod
Hyolithid
Oldest Known Hemichordate
Acosmia maotiania
Eldonia eumorpha
Selkirkia elongata
Xidazoon stephanus
Shelled Arthropod
Phyllocarid
Bivalved Arthropod
Priapulid Worm
Enigmatic Taxon
Priapulid Worm
Enigmatic Vetulicolia
Lobopodian (velvet worm)
Eoredlichia intermedia
Branchiocaris

Burithes yunnanensi

Hyolithida
Naraoiidae
Trilobite
Phyllocarid arthropod
Enigmatic Phylum
Arthropod
Sponge
Vetulicolian
Arthropod
Priapulid Worm
Trilobitamorpha
Lobopodian
Lobopodian
Brachiopod
Arthropod
Priapulid
Haikoucaris
Rhombicalvaria
Wutingaspis
Amplectobelua symbranchiata
Arthropod
Arthropod
Cnidaria
Most primitive of the opabinid arthropods
Trilobite
Anomalocarididae
Anomalocarididae
Earliest Known Hemichordate
Paraleptomitella
Yunnanozoon
Eldonia
Cotyledion
Redlichia Trilobite with Antenna
Brachipod with Hyolithid
Shelled Arthropod
Porifera
Hemichordata
Problematica
Echinodermata
Trilobita
Arthropod
Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis
Megapaleolenus Trilobite
Cnidaria
Lobopodia
Trilobita