Longtancunella is a genus of problematic brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian 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]

Longtancunella
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3, 518 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Chileata (?)
Genus: Longtancunella
Hou et al. 1999
Species:
L. chengjiangensis
Binomial name
Longtancunella chengjiangensis
Hou et al. 1999

References

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  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.
  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.