Mollisonia
| Mollisonia Temporal range: | |
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| Reconstruction of Mollisonia plenovenatrix | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Mollisoniida |
| Family: | †Mollisoniidae |
| Genus: | †Mollisonia Walcott, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| †Mollisonia symmetrica Walcott, 1912 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Houghtonites Raymond, 1931 | |
Mollisonia is an extinct genus of Cambrian marine arthropod. Four species have been described from North America and China. Studies suggest it is a basal member of Chelicerata, a group which includes horseshoe crabs and arachnids.