page_title: Jianshanopodia
hierarchical_section_title: Jianshanopodia
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Lower Cambrian xenusiid lobopod Jianshanopodia decora gen. et sp. nov., from Haikou, Kunming, Yunnan, China. A. Holotype ELI−J0007;A1, the part (ELI−J0007A); A2, counterpart (ELI−J0007B), which was unfortunately broken into pieces during preparation; A3, enlargement of the tail fan from A1.
context_page_description: Jianshanopodia decora is a Cambrian lobopodian. Its frontal, grasping appendages bear wedge-shaped plates. Its limbs branch, instead of being tipped with claws as many lobopods' are. It has a sediment-filled gut surrounded by serially repeated diverticulae. It is thought to have sucked up prey with its short 'trunk'. It mainly crawled on the sea floor, but could swim when necessary.
  Its mouth resembles those of anomalocaridids and priapulids.
context_section_description: Jianshanopodia decora is a Cambrian lobopodian. Its frontal, grasping appendages bear wedge-shaped plates. Its limbs branch, instead of being tipped with claws as many lobopods' are. It has a sediment-filled gut surrounded by serially repeated diverticulae. It is thought to have sucked up prey with its short 'trunk'. It mainly crawled on the sea floor, but could swim when necessary.
  Its mouth resembles those of anomalocaridids and priapulids.
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