What is "chancia"

For the Cambrian trilobite genus, see Chancia (genus).

Chancia is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

For the commune in France, see Chancia.

Chancia is an extinct genus of Cambrian trilobite. It was a "fast-moving epifaunal detritivore" from Canada ( British Columbia, specifically Burgess Shale, and Newfoundland) and the United States ( Idaho, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Vermont). Chancia was a particle feeder. Its major characteristics are a normal glabella but an enlarged cephalon due to a pre-glabellar field in front of the glabella, as well as developed eye ridges, medium-sized genal spines, and an extremely small pygidium.