Entothyreos Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
(unranked): | Panarthropoda |
Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
Family: | †Luolishaniidae |
Genus: | †Entothyreos Aria & Caron, 2024 |
Species: | †E. synnaustrus
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†Entothyreos synnaustrus Aria & Caron, 2024
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Entothyreos is a genus of extinct panarthropod belonging to the group Lobopodia and known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The genus contains a single species, Entothyreos synnaustrus (meaning "convergent inner shield"), described in 2024.[1] Entothyreos is significant for possessing a remarkable degree of sclerotization among lobopodians, comparable to that of arthropods.