# Tanglangia

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of megacheiran arthropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|fossil_range = {{Geological range/linked|Cambrian Stage 3|Cambrian Stage 4|ref=<ref name=ALPHA/>}}
|image = Tanglangia longicaudata reconstruction.png
|image_caption = 3D model of ''Tanglangia longicaudata''
|taxon = Tanglangia
|authority = Luo & Hu in Luo ''et al.'', 1999<ref name=ALPHA>{{cite journal |last1=Paterson |first1=John R. |last2=Edgecombe |first2=Gregory D. |last3=Jago |first3=James B. |title=The 'great appendage' arthropod Tanglangia: Biogeographic connections between early Cambrian biotas of Australia and South China |journal=Gondwana Research |date=June 2015 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=1667–1672 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2014.02.008 |bibcode=2015GondR..27.1667P |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X1400080X |access-date=1 September 2025|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|type_species = †'''''Tanglangia longicaudata'''''
|type_species_authority = Luo & Hu in ''Luo et al.'', 1999<ref name=ALPHA/>
|subdivision_ranks = Other species
|subdivision_ref = <ref name=ALPHA/>
|subdivision =  * †'''''T. rangatanga''''' <small>Paterson, Edgecombe & Jago, 2015</small>
}}

'''''Tanglangia''''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [genus](/source/genus) of [megacheiran](/source/Megacheira) [arthropod](/source/arthropod) that lived during the [3rd](/source/Cambrian_Stage_3) and [4th](/source/Cambrian_Stage_4) [stages](/source/Stage_(stratigraphy)) of the [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian) [period](/source/geological_period).<ref name=ALPHA/> The genus contains two [species](/source/species), '''''T. longicaudata''''' (the [type species](/source/type_species)) and '''''T. rangatanga''''', both of which are known from [fossil](/source/fossil)s found in the [Maotianshan](/source/Maotianshan_Shale) and [Emu Bay](/source/Emu_Bay_Shale) [shale](/source/shale)s respectively. The largest specimens grew up to around 3.5 cm (1.378 in) in body length.<ref name=BETA>{{cite journal |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michel |last2=Hou |first2=Xianguang |last3=Mai |first3=Huijuan |last4=Zhou |first4=Guixian |last5=Melzer |first5=Roland R. |last6=Zhang |first6=Xilin |last7=Liu |first7=Yu |title=Unveiling the ventral morphology of a rare early Cambrian great appendage arthropod from the Chengjiang biota of China |journal=BMC Biology |date=29 April 2024 |volume=22 |issue=1 |article-number=96 |doi=10.1186/s12915-024-01889-y |pmid=38679748 |pmc=11057168 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum](/source/List_of_Chengjiang_Biota_species_by_phylum)

==References==
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{{Megacheira}}
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Category:Megacheira
Category:Cambrian arthropods
Category:Cambrian arthropods of Asia
Category:Cambrian Series 2 first appearances
Category:Emu Bay Shale
Category:Maotianshan shales fossils
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1999
Category:Cambrian genus extinctions
Category:Megacheira genera

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