Bailongia

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Bailongia
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
Genus: Bailongia
Jiao et al. 2021
Species:
B. longicaudata
Binomial name
Bailongia longicaudata
Jiao et al. 2021

Bailongia is an extinct genus of

tergites and a relatively elongate tailspine. It has been recovered in a relatively basal position within Artiopoda, more derived than Squamacula or Protosutura, but outside Trilobitomorpha or Vicissicaudata.[1]

Phylogeny

After Jiao et al. 2021.[1]

Artiopoda 

Squamacula clypeata

Protosutura 

Bailongia longicaudata

Trilobitomorpha
 
Vicissicaudata
 

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 245238634
    .