Kuanyangia

Kuanyangia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:†Artiopoda

Class:†Trilobita

Order:†Redlichiida

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Kuanyangia Temporal range: Early Botomian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil of Kuanyangia pustulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Redlichiida
Family:	†Redlichiidae
Subfamily:	†Wutingaspinae
Genus:	†Kuanyangia Hupe, 1953
Type species
Kuanyangia pustulosa[2] (Lu, 1941)
Species
K. bella Chen, 1983 K. granulosa Zhang, 1966 K. pustulosa (Lu, 1941) K. shaanxiensis Zhang & Lin, 1980
Synonyms
Redlichia pustulosa (Lu, 1941)

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