Tanglangia

Tanglangia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Cambrian Stage 4 [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
3D model of Tanglangia longicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	† Megacheira
Genus:	† Tanglangia Luo & Hu in Luo et al., 1999 [1]
Type species
†Tanglangia longicaudata Luo & Hu in Luo et al., 1999 [1]
Other species [1]
†T. rangatangaPaterson, Edgecombe & Jago, 2015

Tanglangia is an extinct genus of megacheiran arthropod that lived during the 3rd and 4th stages of the Cambrian period. ^[1] The genus contains two species, T. longicaudata (the type species) and T. rangatanga, both of which are known from fossils found in the Maotianshan and Emu Bay shales respectively. The largest specimens grew up to around 3.5 cm (1.378 in) in body length. ^[2]

See also

• List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum

References

1. Paterson, John R.; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Jago, James B. (June 2015). "The 'great appendage' arthropod Tanglangia: Biogeographic connections between early Cambrian biotas of Australia and South China". Gondwana Research. 27 (4): 1667–1672. Bibcode:2015GondR..27.1667P. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.02.008 . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
2. Schmidt, Michel; Hou, Xianguang; Mai, Huijuan; Zhou, Guixian; Melzer, Roland R.; Zhang, Xilin; Liu, Yu (29 April 2024). "Unveiling the ventral morphology of a rare early Cambrian great appendage arthropod from the Chengjiang biota of China". BMC Biology. 22 (1) 96. doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01889-y . PMC   11057168 . PMID   38679748.