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This is a list of fossils found at Maotianshan Shales, whose most famous assemblage of organisms are referred to as the Chengjiang biota.[1]

Phylum Arthropoda

80 species, not counting Dinocarida, Nektaspida and Trilobita

Acanthomeridion
Erratus
Fortiforceps
Fuxianhuia
Kylinxia
Leanchoilia
Occacaris
Retifacies
Sinoburius
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Class Dinocaridida

Amplectobelua and Lyrarapax
Innovatiocaris

Class Nektaspida

Misszhouia longicaudata

2 species

Class Trilobita

6 species


Phylum Annelida

1 species

Phylum Brachiopoda

5 species

Clade Gnathifera

4 species

Phylum Cnidaria

3 species

Phylum Chordata

Haikouella
Haikouichthys ercaicunensis

10 species

Phylum Ctenophora

3 species

Phylum Entoprocta

1 species

Phylum Echinodermata

2 species

Phylum Hemichordata

3 species

Phylum Hyolitha

8 species

Phylum Lobopodia

Hallucigenia fortis

10 species, not counting Omnidens

Phylum Mollusca

Orthrozanclus elongata

Class Palaeoscolecida

3 species

Phylum Porifera

Sinfoflabrum antiquum

15 species

Phylum Priapulida

16 species

Phylum Vetulicolia

Vetulicola rectangulata
Yuyuanozoon magnificissimi

10 species

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

Enigmatic

25 species

Phlogites longus

Kingdom Protista (algae)

References

  1. ^ "Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales". www.fossilmuseum.net. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Ou, Qiang; Shu, Degan; Zhang, Zhifei; Han, Jian; Van Iten, Heyo; Cheng, Meirong; Sun, Jie; Yao, Xiaoyong; Wang, Rong; Mayer, Georg (2022). "Dawn of complex animal food webs: A new predatory anthozoan (Cnidaria) from Cambrian". The Innovation. 3 (1): 100195. Bibcode:2022Innov...300195O. doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100195. PMC 8717384. PMID 35005675.