Leanchoilia

Leanchoilia
Temporal range:
Leanchoilia superlata
Reconstruction of Leanchoilia superlata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Megacheira
Order: †Leanchoilida
Størmer, 1944
Family: †Leanchoiliidae
Raymond, 1935
Genus: †Leanchoilia
Walcott, 1912
Type species
†Leanchoilia superlata
Walcott, 1912
Other species
  • †Leanchoilia illecebrosa (Hou, 1987)
  • †Leanchoilia obesa He et al., 2017
  • †Leanchoilia persephone Simonetta, 1970
  • †Leanchoilia protogonia Simonetta, 1970
  • †Leanchoilia robisoni Babcock et al., 2012
  • †Leanchoilia? hanceyi Briggs et al., 2008

(but see text)

Synonyms
Synonyms of Leanchoilia
  • Bidentia Walcott, 1912
  • Dianchia Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Zhongxinia Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Apiocephalus Luo & Hu, 1999
Synonyms of L. superlata
  • Bidentia difficilis Walcott, 1912
Synonyms of L. illecebrosa
  • Alalcomenaeus? illecebrosus Hou, 1987
  • Dianchia mirabilis Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Leancholilia asiatica Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Yohoia siniensis Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Zhongxinia speciosa Luo & Hu, 1997
  • Apiocephalus elegans Luo & Hu, 1999

Leanchoilia is a megacheiran marine arthropod known from Cambrian deposits of the Burgess Shale in Canada and the Chengjiang biota of China.

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