Kylinxia zhangi

September 6, 2023

Researchers have investigated a nearly 520 million year old fossil of Kylinxia zhangi with a CT scanner and redescribed the animal.
The fossil, which was uncovered near the town of Chengjiang in the Yunan Province of southern China, has the entire animal preserved.
Kylinxia is among the 250 or so extremely well preserved fossil animals described from the region, which are together known as Cambrian Chengjiang biota.
Kylinxia is related to the arthropods, whose bodies are divided into segments each bearing a pair of jointed limbs, including crabs, lobsters, insects and spiders.
New findings revealed that Kylinxia sported three eyes on its head, along with a pair of claws that was possibly used to catch prey.