Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis Yang et al. 2013 (arthropod)

Deuteropoda - Fuxianhuiida - Chengjiangocarididae

Full reference: J. Yang, J. Ortega-Hernández, N. Butterfield and X.-g. Zhang. 2013. Specialized appendages in fuxianhuiids and the head organization of early euarthropods. Nature 494:468-471

Belongs to Chengjiangocaris according to J. Yang et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Chengjiangocaris longiformis

Type specimen: YKLP 12023. Its type locality is Xiaoshiba, which is in a Nangaoian marine mudstone in the Hongjingshao Formation of China.

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaoshiba

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