Bilateria - Luolishaniida - Teratopodidae
Armored lobopodian with six pairs of setulose anterior appendages and 15 biomineralized sclerite sets: first sclerite set represented by a single pair of short dorsolateral spines; sets 215 composed of five spines of variable length. Nine posterior walking legs with single terminal claws. Head with pair of anterior antenna-like limbs and paired dorsal sclerites. Head and anterior trunk region densely covered by short filiform setae.
Full reference: J. Yang, J. Ortega-Hernández, S. Gerber, N.J. Butterfield, J. Hou, T. Lan, and X. Zhang. 2015. A superarmored lobopodian from the Cambrian of China and early disparity in the evolution of Onychophora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Belongs to Collinsium according to J. Yang et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YLKP 12127. Its type locality is Xiaoshiba, which is in a Cambrian/Cambrian marine shale in the Hongjingshao Formation of China.
Distribution: found only at Xiaoshiba
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