Misszhouia
Sign in to saveMisszhouia is a genus of small to average sized (up to long) marine trilobite-like arthropods within the Naraoiidae family, that lived during the early Cambrian period. The species are M. longicaudata, from the Maotianshan Shales, described in 1985, and M. canadensis, from the Burgess Shale and described in 2018, although later species may belongs to genus Naraoia instead.
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- Naraoiidae
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- taxon name
- Misszhouia
- start time
- 521000000-
- end time
- 525000000-
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Misszhouia is a genus of small to average sized (up to long) marine trilobite-like arthropods within the Naraoiidae family, that lived during the early Cambrian period. The species are M. longicaudata, from the Maotianshan Shales, described in 1985, and M. canadensis, from the Burgess Shale and described in 2018, although later species may belongs to genus Naraoia instead.
== Etymology == Misszhouia was named after "Miss Zhou" (Zhou Guiqin), to honour her for her skilled preparation of Chengjiang fossils.
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