Jianshania is a genus of Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species J. furcatus. It was described by Luo et al. in 1999.[1] In 2020, a specimen originally assigned to the species was found to represent the separate fuxianhuiid taxon Xiaocaris pending revision of the type specimen.[2]

Jianshania
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Part and counterpart of the holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Genus:
Jianshania
Species:
J. furcatus

Luo et al, 1999

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  1. ^ Luo, HL; Hu, SX; Chen, LZ; Zhang, SS; Tao, YH (1999). "Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna From Kunming Region, China" (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press. S2CID 133363305. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Liu, Yu; Ortega-Hernández, Javier; Chen, Hong; Mai, Huijuan; Zhai, Dayou; Hou, Xianguang (December 2020). "Computed tomography sheds new light on the affinities of the enigmatic euarthropod Jianshania furcatus from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20 (1): 62. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01625-4. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 7268425. PMID 32487135.