Misszhouia
Misszhouia
- Chengjiang Faunengemeinschaft, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Misszhouia longicaudata Zhang & Hou, 1985
Misszhouia longicaudata is a blind trilobitenähnliche ( arachnomorphe ) Arthropodenart from the Cambrian. It was discovered in 1984 in Chengjiang Faunengemeinschaft of Maotianshan Shale as well-preserved petrified. This find was the one who had first come into view of science the Maotianshan slate.
M. longicaudata was originally considered a member of the genus Naraoia and was therefore also assigned the species name " Naraoia longicaudata ". Due to the different antenna position - the antennas are much further inside - but it was separated in 1997 from the genus Naraoia.
The two genera are very closely related and together form the family Naraoiidae within the order Nectaspida.