Longtancunella

Longtancunella; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3,
	Longtancunella chengjiangensis fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Chileata (?)
Genus:	†Longtancunella; Hou et al. 1999
Species:	†L. chengjiangensis
Binomial name
	†Longtancunella chengjiangensis; Hou et al. 1999

Longtancunella is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived during the Lower Cambrian. It was found in the Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Its pedicle, which resembles the modern Chileates', is often preserved; the organisms often live in clusters of around a dozen attached to the same basal object (usually a shell or exoskeleton).^[2]

References

↑ Yang, C.; Li, X.-H.; Zhu, M.; Condon, D. J.; Chen, J. (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society. 175 (4): 659–666. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649.
↑ Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L. E.; Ou, Q.; Han, J.; Shu, D. (2011). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cambrian stem rhynchonelliform brachiopod Longtancunella and its implications". Lethaia: no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00261.x.

[1] Yang, C.; Li, X.-H.; Zhu, M.; Condon, D. J.; Chen, J. (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society. 175 (4): 659–666. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649.

[Zhang2011-2] Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L. E.; Ou, Q.; Han, J.; Shu, D. (2011). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cambrian stem rhynchonelliform brachiopod Longtancunella and its implications". Lethaia: no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00261.x.

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