30138 - Top Rare 0.66 Inch Leanchoilia sp Cambrian Arthopod - China
30138 - Top Rare 0.66 Inch Leanchoilia sp Cambrian Arthopod - China 30138 - Top Rare 0.66 Inch Leanchoilia sp Cambrian Arthopod - China 30138 - Top Rare 0.66 Inch Leanchoilia sp Cambrian Arthopod - China

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30138 - Top Rare 0.66 Inch Leanchoilia sp Cambrian Arthopod - China

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Species
† Leanchoilia (Walcott, 1912)
Age
Cambrian (~500 Million Years)
Location
China
Formation
Chengjiang Biota
Size
16.7 mm   •    in
Weight
48 g   •    oz
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Description

Leanchoilia, Walcott 1912 (trilobite-like)
PaleoDB taxon number: 22105

 
Parent taxon: Arachnomorpha according to D. E. G. Briggs et al. 2008

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alalcomenaeus, Cheliceromorpha, Dicranocaris, Emeraldella, Lemoneites, Misszhouia, Nettapezoura, Sanctacaris, Sidneyia

Subtaxa: Leanchoilia hanceyi, Leanchoilia illecebrosa, Leanchoilia protogonia, Leanchoilia superlata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: platform/shelf-margin reef (1 collection), marine (1), basinal (carbonate) (1), deep-water (1), deep subtidal ramp (1), marginal marine (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 516.0 to 505.0 Ma

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (15: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia collections), China (39), United States (2: Utah)

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