Chengjiang Biota Fossils

Fossils of the Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales

Eye witnesses to the Cambrian Explosion about 518 million Years Ago

Also see: Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales Site Description Chengjiang Biota Species List

Chengjiang Arthropod Fossils

Clypecaris pteroidea	Waptia ovata	Cardiodictyon catenulum	Canadaspis laevigata
Arthropoda	Arthropod	Unusual Soft-bodied Arthropod	Arthropod

Primicaris larvaformis	Ercaicunia multinodosa	Cindarella eucalla	Fuxianhuia protensa
Arthropod	Rare Shelled Arthropod	Arthropod	Unusual Soft-bodied Arthropod

Chengjiangocaris longiformis	Cindarella eucalla	Alalcomenaeus	Xandarella spectaculum
Arthropod	Arthropod	Opabinid Arthropod	Arthropod

Leanchoilia illecebrosa	Isoxys paradoxus	Tuzoia sinensis	Kunmingella douvillei
Opabinid Arthropod	Shelled Arthropod	Phyllocarid Arthropod	Bivalved Arthropod

Skioldia aldna	Branchiocaris	Jianfengia multisegmentalis	Isoxys auritus
Arthropod	Phyllocarid arthropod	Most primitive of the opabinid arthropods	Arthropod

Haikoucaris ercaiensis	Rhombicalvaria acantha	Waptia ovata
Arthropod	Arthropod	Shelled Arthropod
Chengjiang Arthropod - Trilobitamorpha Fossils

Misszhouia longicaudata	Naraoia spinosa
Naraoiidae	Trilobitamorpha
Chengjiang Arthropoda - Trilobita

Megapaleolenus	Eoredlichia intermedia	Wutingaspis tingi	Redlichia Trilobite with Antenna
Trilobita	Trilobite	Trilobite	Trilobita
Brachiopoda

Heliomedusa orienta	Lingulella chengjiangensis
Ancient Brachiopod	Brachiopod
Chengjiang Chordata Fossils

Haikouella lanceolata
Primitive Chordate Death Assemblage
Chengjiang Cnidaria Fossils

Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis	Xianguangia sinica
Cnidaria	Cnidaria
Chengjiang Echinodermata Fossils

Sinoeocrinus sp.	Cotyledion tylodes
Primitive Echinoderm	Echinodermata
Chengjiang Enigmatic Fossils

Eldonia eumorpha	Eldonia eumorpha
Problematica	Enigmatic Taxon
Chengjiang Hemichordata Fossils

Yannanozoon lividum	Yannanozoon lividum	Yunnanozoon lividum
Oldest Known Hemichordate	Earliest Known Hemichordate	Hemichordata
Chengjiang Hyolitha Fossils

Linevitus billingsi	Burithes yunnanensis	Diandongia pista & Ambrolievitus
Hyolithid	Hyolithida	Brachiopod with Hyolithid
Chengjiang Lobopodia Fossils

Luolishania longicruris	Microdictyon sinicum	Microdictyon sinicum	Onychodictyon ferox
Lobopodians	Lobopodian	Lobopodia	Lobopodia

Paucipodia inermis	Onychodictyon ferox	Luolishania longicruris
Lobopodian	Lobopodian	Lobopodian
Chengjiang Nematomorpha Fossils

Cricocosmia jinningensis	Maotianshania cylindrica
Nematomorph Worm	Nematomorph
Chengjiang Porifera Fossils

Halichondrites sp	Paraleptomitella dictyodroma	Choiaella radiata
Demosponge	Porifera	Sponge
Chengjiang Priapulida Fossils

Acosmia maotiania	Selkirkia elongata	Corynetis brevis	Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris
Priapulid Worm	Priapulid Worm	Priapulid Worm	Priapulid
Chengjiang Vetulicolia Fossils

Vetulicola gangtoucunensis	Banffia confusa	Xidazoon stephanus
Vetulicolia	Vetulicolian	Enigmatic Vetulicolia
Phylum Uncertain

Anomalocaris saron	Amplectobelua symbranchiata	Anomalocaris Tailfan
Enigmatic Phylum	Anomalocarididae	Anomalocarididae