Today, I will take you to understand the "shield-shaped small scale insect", its insect body is small, the adult individual generally does not exceed 15 mm, the length and width are nearly equal, and it is shield-shaped.
The "shield-shaped scaly worm" has a broad cephalic carapace, short posterior basal spines of the cephalic carapace, 10 thoracic segments gradually contracting backwards, the posterior edge of each body segment gradually increasing in the forward arch, the caudal carapace is small, oval, and the appendages are poorly preserved, showing only a pair of antennae in front of the cephaloma and the nature of having a double branched appendage.
It is found in the 518 million-year-old Lower Cambrian Cap Tianshan Shale section in eastern Yunnan.
【Source: Pocket Chengjiang】
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