Any new genera in this 2026 palaeontology paper??

[Tony Rees]

Dear all,

This paper

   Zeng, H., Liu, Q., Zhao, F. et al. A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction. Nature 651, 679–687 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10030-0

was published in January 2026, however unfortunately I do not have access to the full text, although one taxonomic summary figure is available online:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10030-0/figures/12

My interest is to know whether (or not) the authors have established any new genus names (or even species) in this work, which could be added to "my" master compilation IRMNG; the taxonomic summary suggests no (just informal nomenclature for e.g. "Tunicata gen. et sp. nov. B", etc.), but I would be happy if someone with access to the full text could confirm, if you will... there are no new names from this work registered in ZooBank at this time, so far as I can see.

Confirmation of my preliminary assessment would be appreciated, if possible! Thanks in advance,

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia

https://about.me/TonyRees

www.irmng.org

[Tony Rees]

Thanks to several persons who replied, also provided access to the full text. It seems that indeed there are no formal taxon descriptions contained, although plenty of potential ones ... maybe to be expected later, perhaps! As an example the legend to their Fig. 2:

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Fig. 2 | Non-bilaterian metazoans, deuterostomes and problematic taxa from the Huayuan biota. a , Chancelloriid, Allonnia sp. nov. A, NIGP 208783. b , c , Poriferans: Leptomitus teretiusculus —a complete individual with anchor, NIGP 208784 ( b ); Takakkawia- like new sponge A, NIGP 208785 ( c ). d , Ctenophoran, Galeactena sp. nov., showing statolith (sl) and comb row (cr), NIGP 208786. e , Cambroernid, Herpetogaster collinsi , showing gut (gt) and soft tissue in tentacles (te), NIGP 208787. f , g , Hemichordates: new enteropneust A, showing proboscis (pb), collar (co) and gut (gt) in trunk, NIGP 208788 ( f ); graptoloid, Sphenoecium sp., showing gymnocaulus (gy) in zooidal tube, NIGP 208789 ( g ). h , Vetulicolian, new banffozoan A, with four individuals clustered together, showing strand-like soft tissue (sd) in anterior body and gut (gt) in posterior body, NIGP 208790. i , New tunicate A, showing tunic (tu), putative oral siphon (os) and atrial siphon (as), posterior appendage (pa) and internal soft tissue, NIGP 208791. j , Problematica, pineapple-like form, showing reticulated soft tissue, NIGP 208792. Scale bars, 5 mm ( a – g ), 2 cm ( h ), 1 mm ( i ), 2 mm ( j ) 

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Interesting fauna, anyway, with great illustrations!

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia

www.irmng.org

On Sun, 3 May 2026 at 23:41, Thomas Pape <tp...@snm.ku.dk> wrote:

Dear Tony,

No new taxa have been proposed.

I will send the PDF separately (big file).

/Thomas

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