Parapeytoia
Extinct genus of arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parapeytoia is a genus of Cambrian arthropod. The type and only described species is Parapeytoia yunnanensis, lived over 518 million years ago[2] (Cambrian Stage 3) in the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. Unidentified fossils from the same genus also had been discovered from the nearby Wulongqing Formation (Cambrian Stage 4).[3]
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Holotype of Parapeytoia yunnanensis, part and counterpart | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Megacheira |
Family: | †Jianfengiidae |
Genus: | †Parapeytoia Hou, Bergström & Ahlberg, 1995[1] |
Type species | |
Parapeytoia yunnanensis Hou, Bergstrom & Ahlberg, 1995[1] |
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