Kwanyinaspis

<i>Kwanyinaspis</i>

Kwanyinaspis

Extinct genus of arthropods

Kwanyinaspis is a genus of arthropod from the Cambrian aged Chengjiang biota of Yunnan, China. It was described in 2005 based on a single specimen, ELI-2004001. Around 6 cm long, It has twelve trunk tergites with well developed posterior facing pleural spines, along with a tail spine and ventral eyes. In the original description, it was tenatively considered a member of Aglaspidida.[1] However, later studies have considered it a trilobitomorph, and possibly the closest known relative of trilobites.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Zhang, Xingliang; Shu, Degan (January 2005). "A new arthropod from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Early Cambrian, southern China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 29 (2): 185–194. doi:10.1080/03115510508619300. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 129851496.
  2. [2]
    Du, Kun‐sheng; Ortega‐Hernández, Javier; Yang, Jie; Zhang, Xi‐guang (June 2019). "A soft‐bodied euarthropod from the early Cambrian Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte of China supports a new clade of basal artiopodans with dorsal ecdysial sutures". Cladistics. 35 (3): 269–281. doi:10.1111/cla.12344. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34622993. S2CID 89985331.
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