''Collinsium'' was a genus of

lobopodian The lobopodians, members of the informal group Lobopodia (from the Greek language, Greek, meaning "blunt feet"), or the formally erected phylum Lobopoda Cavalier-Smith (1998), are panarthropods with stubby legs called lobopods, a term which may ...

from the Early Cambrian. It is represented by a single fossil species, ''Collinsium ciliosum'', found in the Xiaoshiba

Lagerstätte A Lagerstätte (, from ''Lager'' 'storage, lair' '' Stätte'' 'place'; plural ''Lagerstätten'') is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These for ...

( Hongjingshao Formation) of China. Similar to the later '' Hallucigenia'' it was a small worm-like creature with spikes along its back and feeding tentacles near its head. Unlike ''Hallucigenia'', ''Collinsium'' had 9 walking appendages and 4 fine anterior appendages. Its body was covered in hair-like Papillae, and its fine anterior appendages were lined with

Setae In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. Animal setae Protostomes Annelid setae are stiff bristles present on the body. Th ...

likely used for filter feeding. The generic name honors paleontologist

Desmond Collins Desmond H. Collins is a Canadian paleontologist, associate professor of zoology at the University of Toronto and retired curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world c ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20647066 Prehistoric protostome genera Cambrian China Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 2015