Lyrarapax
| Lyrarapax Temporal range: | |
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| Comparison of the frontal appendages of the two species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Radiodonta |
| Family: | †Amplectobeluidae |
| Genus: | †Lyrarapax Cong et al., 2014 |
| Type species | |
| Lyrarapax unguispinus Cong et al., 2014 | |
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Lyrarapax is a radiodont genus of the family Amplectobeluidae that lived in the early Cambrian period 518 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Maotianshan Shales of China. The first species, Lyrarapax unguispinus was described in 2014, with a second species, Lyrarapax trilobus being described in 2016, differing principally in the morphology of its frontal appendages.