Jianfengia
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Jianfengia is an extinct genus of Middle Cambrian (Atdabanian) megacheiran arthropod found in the Maotianshan Shale Lagerstätte of China. It contains the single species Jianfengia multisegmentalis.[1] The body is extremely elongated, though the animal itself was relatively small at less than Script error: No such module "convert". in length.[2] The head has a pair of stalked eyes, a hypostome/labrum complex, a pair of great appendages with five podomeres, and four pairs of biramous limbs.[3] The maximum known number of trunk segments is 27, though most known specimens have 20, which are associated with pairs of biramous appendages, and the body ends with a telson spine. It has been placed as a member of the family Jiangfengiidae, alongside Fortiforceps and Sklerolibyon as well as possibly Parapeytoia.[2]
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- ↑ Jianfengia in the Paleobiology Database
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