August 10, 2026
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- 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.
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