Misszhouia

Misszhouia
Temporal range: Atdabanian
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M. longicaudata fossil
Life restoration of M. longicaudata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: †Nektaspida
Family: †Naraoiidae
Genus: †Misszhouia
Chen, Edgecombe & Ramsköld 1997
Species
  • M. canadensis Mayers, Aria & Caron, 2018[1]
  • M. longicaudata (Zhang & Hou 1985) (type)
Synonyms
  • Naraoia longicaudata Zhang & Hou 1985

Misszhouia is a genus of small to average sized (up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long)[2] marine trilobite-like arthropods within the Naraoiidae family, that lived during the early Cambrian period. The species are M. longicaudata, from the Maotianshan Shales, described in 1985, and M. canadensis, from the Burgess Shale and described in 2018,[1] although later species may belongs to genus Naraoia instead.[3]

  1. ^ a b Mayers, Benjamin; Aria, Cédric; Caron, Jean‐Bernard (2019). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Three new naraoiid species from the Burgess Shale, with a morphometric and phylogenetic reinvestigation of Naraoiidae". Palaeontology. 62 (1): 19–50. Bibcode:2019Palgy..62...19M. doi:10.1111/pala.12383. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 135331371.
  2. ^ Ramsköld, Lars; Chen, Jun-yuan; Edgecombe, Gregory D. & Zhou, Gui-qing (1996). "Preservational folds simulating tergite junctions in tegopeltid and naraoiid arthropods" (PDF). Lethaia. 29 (1): 15–20. Bibcode:1996Letha..29...15R. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01832.x. ISSN 0024-1164.
  3. ^ Bond, Andrew D.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2021). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Phylogenetic response of naraoiid arthropods to early–middle Cambrian environmental change". Palaeontology. 64 (1): 161–177. Bibcode:2021Palgy..64..161B. doi:10.1111/pala.12516. ISSN 0031-0239.