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''Pseudoiulia'' is a genus of
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 ...
arthropod known from the
Chengjiang Biota The Maotianshan Shales () are a series of Early Cambrian sedimentary deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation or Heilinpu Formation, famous for their '' Konservat Lagerstätten'', deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized orga ...
of Yunnan, China, containing the single species ''P. cambriensis''. It is considered poorly known, but has been somewhat associated with other Chengjiang Biota fauna such as ''
Dongshania ''Redlichia'' is a genus of redlichiid trilobite in the family Redlichiidae, with large to very large species (up to long). Fossils of various species are found in Lower Cambrian (Toyonian)-aged marine strata from China, Korea, Pakistan, the Hi ...
folliformis'' and '' Pisinnocaris subconigera''. In 2013, ''Pseudoiulia'' was suggested to be a member of the family Kootenichelidae, alongside ''
Kootenichela ''Kootenichela deppi'' is an extinct arthropod described from the Middle Cambrian of the Kootenay National Park, Canada. It is originally considered to be a member of "great appendage arthropods", although subsequent studies questioned its affini ...
'' and '' Worthenella.''


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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 ...
* Cambrian explosion *
Chengjiang biota The Maotianshan Shales () are a series of Early Cambrian sedimentary deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation or Heilinpu Formation, famous for their '' Konservat Lagerstätten'', deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized orga ...
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List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum This is a list of fossils found at Maotianshan Shales, whose most famous assemblage of organisms are referred to as the Chengjiang biota. The Maotianshan Shales are a series of Cambrian, Early Cambrian Shale, sedimentary deposits in the Chiungch ...


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