Leanchoilia Walcott 1912 (arthropod)

Megacheira - Leanchoiliida - Leanchoiliidae

Parent taxon: Leanchoiliidae according to T. Lan et al. 2021

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Briggs et al. 2008, Haug et al. 2012, Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alalcomenaeus, Kanoshoia, Oestokerkus

Subtaxa: Leanchoilia hanceyi Leanchoilia illecebrosa Leanchoilia protogonia Leanchoilia superlata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Marjumian of United States (3: Utah collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (15: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (39), United States (3: Utah)

Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences

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