Kanoshoia

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Kanoshoia
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian:
Kanoshoia rectifrons KU 314092.jpg
Holotype specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Megacheira
Clade: Cheiromorpha
Order: Leanchoilida
Family: Leanchoiliidae
Genus: Kanoshoia
Lerosey-Aubril et al., 2020
Species
  • K. rectifronsLerosey-Aubril et al., 2020

Kanoshoia is an extinct genus of megacheiran arthropod from the mid Cambrian Wheeler Formation of western Utah, containing one species, Kanoshoia rectifrons. It was placed in the family Leanchoiliidae. [1]

References

  1. Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Kimmig, Julien; Pates, Stephen; Skabelund, Jacob; Weug, Andries; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2020-04-23). "New exceptionally preserved panarthropods from the Drumian Wheeler Konservat-Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah". Papers in Palaeontology. 6 (4): 501–531. Bibcode:2020PPal....6..501L. doi:10.1002/spp2.1307. ISSN   2056-2802.