Kunmingella

{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Cambrian|Mid Cambrian}}

| image = Kunmingella.png

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| ordo = Bradoriida

| genus = {{dagger}}Kunmingella Huo, 1956

| species = {{dagger}}K. douvillei

| species_authority = (Mansuy, 1912)

}}

Kunmingella is genus of Cambrian bradoriid from the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species K. douvillei.{{Cite journal|last1=Hou|first1=Xianguang|last2=Williams|first2=Mark|last3=Siveter|first3=David J.|last4=Siveter|first4=Derek J.|last5=Aldridge|first5=Richard J.|last6=Sansom|first6=Robert S.|date=2010-06-22|title=Soft-part anatomy of the Early Cambrian bivalved arthropods Kunyangella and Kunmingella : significance for the phylogenetic relationships of Bradoriida|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|language=en|volume=277|issue=1689|pages=1835–1841|doi=10.1098/rspb.2009.2194|issn=0962-8452|pmc=2871875|pmid=20181565}}{{Cite journal|last1=Duan|first1=Yanhong|last2=Han|first2=Jian|last3=Fu|first3=Dongjing|last4=Zhang|first4=Xingliang|last5=Yang|first5=Xiaoguang|last6=Komiya|first6=Tsuyoshi|last7=Shu|first7=Degan|date=April 2014|title=Reproductive strategy of the bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China|journal=Gondwana Research|volume=25|issue=3|pages=983–990|doi=10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.011|bibcode=2014GondR..25..983D |issn=1342-937X}} Kunmingella had 12 appendages, including a pair of antennae as well pairs of biramous limbs, including four anterior pairs of appendages bearing double rows of endites on their endopods, and a posterior 5 with only a single row of endites, as well as two terminal pairs of uniramous limbs.{{Cite journal |last1=Zhai |first1=Dayou |last2=Williams |first2=Mark |last3=Siveter |first3=David J. |last4=Harvey |first4=Thomas H. P. |last5=Sansom |first5=Robert S. |last6=Gabbott |first6=Sarah E. |last7=Siveter |first7=Derek J. |last8=Ma |first8=Xiaoya |last9=Zhou |first9=Runqing |last10=Liu |first10=Yu |last11=Hou |first11=Xianguang |date=2019-09-03 |title=Variation in appendages in early Cambrian bradoriids reveals a wide range of body plans in stem-euarthropods |journal=Communications Biology |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |page=329 |doi=10.1038/s42003-019-0573-5 |issn=2399-3642 |pmc=6722085 |pmid=31508504}} Eggs have been found preserved attached to the posteriormost three pairs of biramous limbs, suggesting it engaged in brood care. Around 50–80 eggs, each around 150–180 μm across were attached in total.{{Cite journal |last1=Duan |first1=Yanhong |last2=Han |first2=Jian |last3=Fu |first3=Dongjing |last4=Zhang |first4=Xingliang |last5=Yang |first5=Xiaoguang |last6=Komiya |first6=Tsuyoshi |last7=Shu |first7=Degan |date=April 2014 |title=Reproductive strategy of the bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1342937X13001111 |journal=Gondwana Research |language=en |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=983–990 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.011}}