# Eolarva

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of stem-group ecdysozoans}}
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| fossil_range = [Fortunian](/source/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](/source/monospecific) [genus](/source/genus) of [ecdysozoa](/source/ecdysozoa) that lived during the [Fortunian](/source/Fortunian) age of the [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian), around {{mya|535|million years ago}}.<ref name=ALPHA/> It has been suggested to be a [stem-group](/source/stem-group) [ecdysozoan](/source/ecdysozoan), an intermediate between [saccorhytids](/source/saccorhytida) and [crown-group](/source/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](/source/species), Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis.<ref name=ALPHA/>

== References ==
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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

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