Megacheira ("great hands", also historically great appendage arthropods) is an extinct class of predatory arthropods defined by their possession of spined...
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uncertain position but contained within Deuteropoda: the Fuxianhuiida, Megacheira, and multiple "bivalved forms" including Isoxyida and Hymenocarina. The...
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group formed by the trilobites and their close relatives (Artiopoda), Megacheira (which may be paraphyletic) and chelicerates. Under this proposed classification...
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Kootenichela (category Megacheira)
claw-like, spinose cephalic appendages, which seem to suggest affinities with Megacheira, the "great appendage" arthropods. However, study in 2015 researchers...
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Nymphargus megacheirus (redirect from Cochranella megacheira)
Centrolenidae Genus: Nymphargus Species: N. megacheirus Binomial name Nymphargus megacheirus (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) Synonyms Cochranella megacheira...
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Yohoia (category Megacheira)
polyphyletic group where the appendage has independently evolved, or as a class Megacheira including Yohoia (with Leanchoilia, Alalcomenaeus, Oestokerkus, Fortiforceps...
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List of arthropod orders (section Class †Megacheira)
Arthropods are invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They...
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1901 Groups †Habeliida †Mollisoniida †Mollisonia †Corcorania †Thelxiope †Megacheira? Pycnogonida Euchelicerata †Offacolidae †Dibasterium †Setapedites †Offacolus...
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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...
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several fossil groups that share these characteristics (e.g. Fuxianhuiida Megacheira, Isoxyida, and Artiopoda), while excluding other fossil groups that are...
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Fuxianhuiida Megacheira Artiopoda crown group arthropods (Mandibulata, Chelicerata)...
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Leanchoilia (category Megacheira)
Xian-Guang (2017). "Telson morphology of Leanchoiliidae (Arthropoda: Megacheira) highlighted by a new Leanchoilia from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota"...
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The 'gilled lobopodians' Pambdelurion (left) and Kerygmachela (right) Megacheira or 'great appendage arthropods', a class of possible stem-chelicerate...
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Alalcomenaeus (category Megacheira)
Chengjiang biota. It is a member of the family Leanchoiliidae in the group Megacheira. Alalcomenaeus had three median eyes; two stalked, more lateral eyes;...
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was named after Walcott's second son, Sidney. Leanchoilia Arthropoda Megacheira Leanchoilia is distinguished from other arthropods by its arms. They split...
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Fortiforceps (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Family: †Jianfengiidae Genus: †Fortiforceps Hou and Bergström 1997 Type...
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claw-like, spinose cephalic appendages, which seem to suggest affinities with Megacheira, the "great appendage" arthropods. However, study in 2015 researchers...
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Mandibulata, Chelicerata and all other groups of extinct arthropods (e.g. Megacheira, Fuxianhuiida, Artiopoda and so on). In 2021 another paper stated that...
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which it may have grasped prey. It was originally considered to belong to Megacheira, however it is questioned in later study. It had a bivalved carapace that...
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Species Phylum Class Order Family Notes Image Alalcomenaeus Arthropoda Megacheira Leanchoiliida Leanchoiliidae Branchiocaris B. yunnanensis Arthropoda Hymenocarina...
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Bundenbachiellus (category Megacheira)
Enalikter from Silurian, it is possible that genus is late-living example of Megacheira, "great-appendage arthropod". Bundenbachiellus giganteus was described...
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Parapeytoia (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Family: †Jianfengiidae Genus: †Parapeytoia Hou, Bergström & Ahlberg, 1995...
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Yawunik (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Order: †Leanchoilida Family: †Leanchoiliidae Genus: †Yawunik Aria et al...
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Haikoucaris (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Clade: †Cheiromorpha Genus: †Haikoucaris Chen et al., 2004 Species: †H...
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Sklerolibyon (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Family: †Jianfengiidae Genus: †Sklerolibyon Aria et al., 2020 Species:...
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Actaeus armatus (category Megacheira)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Megacheira Order: †Leanchoilida Family: †Leanchoiliidae Genus: †Actaeus Simonetta...
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Enalikter (category Megacheira)
species, E. aphson. Enalikter is described as late-living example of Megacheira, "great-appendage arthropod". It subsequently suggested to be an annelid...
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