Zhugeia
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| Zhugeia Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Zhugeia acuticaudata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Order: | †Xandarellida |
| Genus: | †Zhugeia Zhu et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †Z. acuticaudata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Zhugeia acuticaudata Zhu et al., 2023 | |
Zhugeia is an extinct genus of xandarellid arthropod from the middle Cambrian Stage 3. It was found in the Kuangshan section of the Yu''anshan Formation, near the Qujing city of Yunnan Province, China. The genus contains a single species, Zhugeia acuticaudata.[1]
The only known specimen of Zhugeia was found in the Yu'anshan Formation (Kuangshan section of the upper Maotianshan Member). The genus name is after the Zhuge Mountain, and the specific name is after the Latin acuti, meaning spinous, and caudata, meaning tail.[1]
