''Khankaspis'' is a poorly preserved

arthropod Arthropods ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an arthropod exoskeleton, exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (Metam ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

that contains one

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

, ''K. bazhanovi'', recovered from the Snegurovka Formation of Siberia, Russia. Some authors have placed ''Khankaspis'' within the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Strabopida Strabopidae is the only Family (biology), family of the order Strabopida, an extinct group of arthropods known from the Cambrian period. The order Strabopida contains three valid genera and one doubtful, ''Khankaspis'', ''Paleomerus'', ''Parapal ...

, but poorly preserved material precludes detailed comparisons with other

Cambrian The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordov ...

arthropods.

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Cambrian arthropods Cambrian animals of Asia Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 1969 Controversial taxa Cambrian genus extinctions {{paleo-arthropod-stub