Entothyreos

Entothyreos
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Panarthropoda
Phylum: "Lobopodia"
Family: Luolishaniidae
Genus: Entothyreos
Aria & Caron, 2024
Species:
E. synnaustrus
Binomial name
Entothyreos synnaustrus
Aria & Caron, 2024

Entothyreos is a genus of extinct panarthropod belonging to the group Lobopodia and known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The genus contains a single species, Entothyreos synnaustrus (meaning "convergent inner shield"), described in 2024. Entothyreos is significant for possessing a remarkable degree of sclerotization among lobopodians, comparable to that of arthropods.