Mollisonia sinica Zhang et al. 2002 (arthropod)

Mollisoniida - Mollisoniidae

Full reference: X. Zhang, Y. Zhao, R. Yang and D. Shu. 2002. The Burgess Shale arthropod Mollisonia (M. sinica new species): new occurrence from the Middle Cambrian Kaili fauna of southwest China. Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1106-1108

Belongs to Mollisonia according to X. Zhang et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Mollisonia symmetrica, Houghtonites gracilis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Haikou [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)] (Cambrian of China)

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