List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum

List of Chengjiang Biota species is of fossils found at Maotianshan Shales whose most famous assemblage of organisms are referred to as the Chengjiang biota.[1]

Phylum Arthropoda

78 species, not counting Nektaspida and Trilobita

Class Nektaspida

2 species

Class Trilobita

6 species

Phylum Brachiopoda

5 species.

Phylum Chaetognatha

1 species

Phylum Cnidaria

2 species

Phylum Chordata

9 species

Phylum Ctenophora

3 species

Phylum Entoprocta

1 species

Phylum Echinodermata

2 species

Phylum Hemichordata

2 species

Phylum Hyolitha

8 species

Phylum Lobopodia

11 species

Phylum Nematomorpha

3 species

Phylum Phoronida

1 species

Phylum Porifera

15 species

Phylum Priapulida

16 species

Phylum Vetulicolia

11 species

  • Vetulicola cuneata
  • Vetulicola gantoucunensis
  • Vetulicola longbaoshanensis
  • Vetulicola rectangulata
  • Vetulicola monile

Enigmatic

23 species

Phlogites longus

Kingdom Protista (algae)

References

  1. Fossils of the Chengjiang Maotianshan Shale
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