Chuandianella

Chuandianella
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Fossils of C. ovata
Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: incertae sedis
Genus: Chuandianella
Hou and Bergström, 1991
Species:
C. ovata
Binomial name
Chuandianella ovata
(Li, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Mononotella ovata (Li, 1975)
  • Waptia ovata (Li, 1975)

Chuandianella ovata is an extinct bivalved arthropod that lived during Cambrian Stage 3 of the Early Cambrian (about 520 to 516 million years ago). It is the only species classified under the genus Chuandianella. Its fossils were recovered from the Chengjiang Biota in Yunnan, China.