Description
Helenodora inopinata
Pennsylvanian
Carbondale
Kankakee
Illinois, USA.
Helenodora inopinata is a soft bodied lobopodian like animal, closely related to early arthropod ancestors. It belongs to a group of worm like organisms with paired stubby limbs along the body, representing an important stage in early arthropod evolution.
Extremely rare 1.2in positive onychophoran. Only one of its kind we have ever seen.
