Acanthomeridion

Acanthomeridion serratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): incertae sedis
Family: Acanthomeridiidae
Hou & Bergström, 1997
Genus: Acanthomeridion
Hou, Chen & Lu, 1989
Species: A. serratum
Binomial name
Acanthomeridion serratum
Hou, Chen & Lu, 1989

Acanthomeridion is an extinct arthropod found in the Chengjiang fauna deposits of China.[1] In 1997, it was placed in its own, monotypic family, Acanthomeridiidae.[2]

References

  1. ^ X.-G. Hou, J.-Y. Chen & H.-Z. Lu (1989). "Early Cambrian new arthropods from Chengjiang, Yunnan". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 28: 42–57. 
  2. ^ J. Bergstrom & X. Hou (1997). Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna, Southwest China. Fossils and Strata 45. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-82-00-37693-4.