Description

Early Cambrian Eoredlichia Zone
Heilinpu Formation
Kunming, Yunnan, China

Chengjiang. Lagerstatten.

Acanthomeridion is a genus of primitive arthropod of unclear affinities.  It has been determined to belong perhaps to the group ancestral to trilobites, aglaspids, and other Cambrian arthropods (a basal artiopodan). So far, it’s been collected only at Chenjiang.

Oh yeah, this funky bug is too weird to pass up. If you have to bag lunch it for a couple of months to get it, you should do it.