Kingdom Animalia Class †Xenusia Species †P. inermis Rank Genus | Superphylum Ecdysozoa Order †Archonychophora Phylum †"Lobopodia" | |
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Family †Paucipodiidae
Hou et al., 2004 Similar Onychodictyon, Luolishania, Cardiodictyon catenulum, Microdictyon, Jianshanopodia | ||
Paucipodia inermis is a lobopod known from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstätte. Its gut is puzzling; in some places, it is preserved in three dimensions, infilled with sediment; whereas in others it may be flat. These cannot result from phosphatisation, which is usually responsible for three-dimensional gut preservation, for the phosphate content of the guts is under 1% – the contents comprise quartz and muscovite. It is reconstructed with no sclerites.
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