Urokodia
| Urokodia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Mid Cambrian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thylacocephala |
| Genus: | Urokodia |
| Species: | U. aequalis |
Urokodia aequalis is an extinct genus of arthropod from the early Cambrian. The taxon is only known from the Maotianshan Shales of China, from which it was described by Hou et al. (1989) based on some 15 specimens. It segmentation resembles that of a millipede and it possessed head and tail shields with thorny spikes. It has some similarities to the arthropod Mollisonia that is known from both the Burgess Shale of Canada and the Kaili biota of China.
References
- The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China (1989): The Flowering of Early Animal Life by Xian-Guang Hou, Richard J. Aldridge, Jan Bergstrom, and David J. Siveter
- Urokodia aequalis Arthropod from Maotianshan Shales - URL retrieved September 11, 2010
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