Cucumericrus decoratus Hou et al. 1995 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Alternative combination: Cucumericus decoratus

Full reference: X.-G. Hou, J. Bergström, and P. Ahlberg. 1995. Anomalocaris and other large animals in the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of southwest China. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Forhandlingar 117:163-183

Belongs to Cucumericrus according to X.-G. Hou et al. 1995

See also Briggs et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maotian - [Maotianshan Shale, Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)], which is in an Atdabanian prodelta mudstone in the Yuanshan Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maotian - [Maotianshan Shale, Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)]

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