Biology:Cindarella

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Short description: Extinct species of trilobite

Cindarella
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Cindarella.png
Drawing of C. eucalla
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
(unranked): Xandarellida
Genus: Cindarella
Species:
C. eucalla
Binomial name
Cindarella eucalla
Chen et al. 1996
Fossil specimen of C. eucalla, Beijing Museum of Natural History

Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.[1][2] It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.[2]

See also

References

  1. Ramsköld, Lars; Junyuan, Chen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Guiqing, Zhou (1997). "Cindarella and the arachnate clade Xandarellida (Arthropoda, Early Cambrian) from China". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 88 (1): 19–38. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002297. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bergström, J.; Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins". Bulletin of Geosciences 78 (4): 323–334. http://mzp.cz/ris/ekodisk-new.nsf/1a76d1df1a0e29f0c1256e2800520b9d/9a21746463a798e9c125708f002d7766/$FILE/str.%20323-334.pdf. Retrieved 2014-03-03. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16975741 entry