Ercaicunia

Ercaicunia is genus of Cambrian arthropod known for being a member of the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species E. multinodosa. It was described by Luo et al in 1999.[1] Specimens were CT scanned in 2019, which revealed it to be a stem-group crustacean.[2]

Ercaicunia Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
(unranked):	Pancrustacea
Genus:	Ercaicunia
Species:	E. multinodosa Luo et al, 1999

See also

• Arthropod
• Cambrian explosion
• Chengjiang biota
  • List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum

References

1. H.L. Luo, S.X. Hu, L.Z. Chen, S.S. Zhang, Y.H. Tao Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna from Kunming Region, China Yunnan Sci. Technol. Press, Kunming (1999) (In Chinese)
2. Zhai, Dayou; Ortega-Hernández, Javier; Wolfe, Joanna M.; Hou, Xianguang; Cao, Chunjie; Liu, Yu (January 2019). "Three-Dimensionally Preserved Appendages in an Early Cambrian Stem-Group Pancrustacean". Current Biology. 29 (1): 171–177.e1. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.060.