Eolarva

{{Short description|Extinct genus of stem-group ecdysozoans}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Fortunian, {{Geological range|535|ref=<ref name=ALPHA/>}} | taxon = Eolarva | authority = Zhang & Dong, 2015 | binomial = {{extinct}}'''''Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis''''' | binomial_authority = Zhang & Dong, 2015<ref name=ALPHA>{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Huaqiao |last2=Dong |first2=Xi-Ping |title=The oldest known larva and its implications for the plesiomorphy of metazoan development |journal=Science Bulletin |date=November 2015 |volume=60 |issue=22 |pages=1947–1953 |doi=10.1007/s11434-015-0886-9 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284398284_The_oldest_known_larva_and_its_implications_for_the_plesiomorphy_of_metazoan_development |issn=2095-9273}}</ref> }}

'''''Eolarva''''' is an extinct monospecific genus of ecdysozoa that lived during the Fortunian age of the Cambrian, around {{mya|535|million years ago}}.<ref name=ALPHA/> It has been suggested to be a stem-group ecdysozoan, an intermediate between saccorhytids and crown-group ecdysozoans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Deng |last2=Han |first2=Jian |last3=Guo |first3=Junfeng |last4=Qiang |first4=Yaqin |title=Origin and evolution of bodyplans of ecdysozoans during the Cambrian explosion |journal=Chinese Journal of Nature |date=March 2025 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=125-133 |doi=10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2025.02.004}}</ref>

It contains a single species, Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis.<ref name=ALPHA/>

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Category:Ecdysozoa Category:Ecdysozoa genera Category:Monotypic animal genera Category:Fortunian genus extinctions Category:Fortunian genus first appearances Category:Fossil taxa described in 2015 Category:Fossils of China