Parapeytoia
| Parapeytoia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Holotype of Parapeytoia yunnanensis, part and counterpart | |
| Ventral structures of the same species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Megacheira |
| Family: | †Jianfengiidae |
| Genus: | †Parapeytoia Hou, Bergström & Ahlberg, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Parapeytoia yunnanensis Hou, Bergstrom & Ahlberg, 1995 | |
Parapeytoia is a genus of Cambrian arthropod. The type and only described species is Parapeytoia yunnanensis, which lived over 518 million years ago (Cambrian Stage 3) in the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. Unidentified fossils from the same genus have also been discovered from the nearby Wulongqing Formation (Cambrian Stage 4).