Kanoshoia is an extinct genus of megacheiran arthropod from the mid Cambrian Wheeler Formation of western Utah, containing the species Kanoshoia rectifrons It was placed in the family Leanchoiliidae.[1]

Kanoshoia
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian:
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Megacheira
Clade: Cheiromorpha
Order: Leanchoilida
Family: Leanchoiliidae
Genus: Kanoshoia
Lerosey-Aubril et al., 2020
Species
  • K. rectifrons Lerosey-Aubril et al., 2020

References

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  1. ^ Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Kimmig, Julien; Pates, Stephen; Skabelund, Jacob; Weug, Andries; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2020-04-23). "New exceptionally preserved panarthropods from the Drumian Wheeler Konservat-Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah". Papers in Palaeontology. 6 (4): 501–531. Bibcode:2020PPal....6..501L. doi:10.1002/spp2.1307. ISSN 2056-2802.