List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum

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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

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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

Kingdom Protista (algae)

References

  1. Fossils of the Chengjiang Maotianshan Shale