The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal LifeThe Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang is the first book in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with an overview of the fauna.
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animal annuli anomalocaridids Anomalocaris antennae anteriorly arthropods Bergström & Hou Bergström 1997 biramous appendages brachiopods bradoriids Branchiocaris Burgess Shale Cambrian Cambrian of Yunnan Canadaspis carapace Chen & Zhou Chengjiang area Chengjiang biota Chengjiang fauna China Conway Morris Dapotou Diandongia distal Dorsal view RCCBYU Edgecombe & Ramsköld Eldonia elongate endopod Ercaicun exopod exoskeleton Feng & Chen Figure flattened fossils Fuxianhuia grasping appendages Haikou head shield Heliomedusa Hou & Bergström Hu in Luo inLuo Isoxys Key References Genus Kunmingella Lagerstätte Lateral view NIGPAS Lateral view RCCBYU limbs Lingulellotreta lobopodians Lower Cambrian Luo & Hu Mafang Maotianshan margin Middle Cambrian morphology Naraoia Paucipodia pedicle Phylum podomeres posterior posteriorly preserved priapulids Ramsköld & Bergström Ramsköld 1999b Reconstruction Rigby & Hou sclerites sediment segments setae shell soft soft-bodied species is known spicules spines sponge Sun & Hou tergites trilobites valves ventral Vetulicola Wang worms Xandarella Xiaolantian Yunnan Province yunnanensis Zhang