Description

Naraoia sp.
Chengjiang
Early Cambrian Eoredlichia Zone
Yu’ anshan Mbr., Qiongzhusi Formation
Chengjiang, China

11mm arthropod on 28mm slab.

Arthropod. Soft-bodied. Lagerstatten. Nektaspid.

Naraoia is a genus of soft-bodied arthropods (Order Nektaspida) that had been classified as a trilobite by some; something like a crustacean by others.  This specimen is one of the earliest-known of a group that survived at least into the Late Silurian.

Study specimen with nice contrast.