''Collinsium'' was a genus of

lobopodian The lobopodians, members of the informal group Lobopodia (from the Greek language, Greek, meaning "blunt feet"), or the formally erected phylum Lobopoda Cavalier-Smith (1998), are panarthropods with stubby legs called lobopods, a term which may ...

from the

Early Cambrian The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million years ago ( ...

. It is represented by a single fossil species, ''Collinsium ciliosum'', found in the Xiaoshiba

Lagerstätte A Lagerstätte (, from ''Lager'' 'storage, lair' '' Stätte'' 'place'; plural ''Lagerstätten'') is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These for ...

( Hongjingshao Formation) of China. Similar to the later ''

Hallucigenia ''Hallucigenia'' is a genus of Cambrian animal resembling worms, known from articulated fossils in Burgess Shale-type deposits in Canada and China, and from isolated spines around the world. The generic name reflects the type species' unusual ...

'' it was a small worm-like creature with spikes along its back and feeding tentacles near its head. Unlike ''Hallucigenia'', ''Collinsium'' had 9 walking appendages and 4 fine anterior appendages. Its body was covered in hair-like Papillae, and its fine anterior appendages were lined with

Setae In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. Animal setae Protostomes Annelid setae are stiff bristles present on the body. Th ...

likely used for filter feeding. The generic name honors paleontologist

Desmond Collins Desmond H. Collins is a Canadian paleontologist, associate professor of zoology at the University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, locat ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20647066 Prehistoric protostome genera Cambrian China Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 2015