Leanchoilia
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| Leanchoilia Fossil range: Cambrian |
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 Fossil of a Leanchoilia superlata on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Leanchoilia superlata (type) |
Leanchoilia is a fossil arachnomorph arthropod from the Cambrian period. It was 5cm long and was probably blind[verification needed], finding its way about with long, whip-like feelers mounted on frontal arm-like appendages.
Leancholia is found in the Burgess Shale in Canada, as well as other shale deposits in the area. [1]
Two[verification needed] species are tentatively accepted today: the type species L. superlata and the recently-revalidated L. persephone. They may however be examples of sexual dimorphism.
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