Description

Early Cambrian (Eoredlichia Zone)
Yu’ anshan Member
Qiongzhusi Formation
Chengjiang, China

Very large 43mm naraoid on 62mm slab.

Arthropod, Nektaspida. Soft-bodied. Lagerstatten.

Misszhouia is an early, eyeless arthropod of the Family Naraoidae.  So far, it’s known only from a couple of Early Cambrian sites in China.

This one was collected just in time – perhaps days before it eroded away from recognition. You can still see the outline of this animal from soon after the Cambrian Explosion.