Biology:Longtancunella

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods

Longtancunella
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3, 518 Ma[1]
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Chileata/?
Genus: Longtancunella
Hou et al. 1999
Species:
L. chengjiangensis
Binomial name
Longtancunella chengjiangensis
Hou et al. 1999

Longtancunella is a genus of problematic brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Its pedicle, which resembles the modern Chileates', is often preserved; the organisms often live in clusters of around a dozen attached to the same basal object (usually a shell or exoskeleton).[2]

References

  1. Yang, C.; Li, X.-H.; Zhu, M.; Condon, D. J.; Chen, J. (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (in en). Journal of the Geological Society 175 (4): 659–666. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521412/1/2018-JGS-Chuan%20Yang%20et%20al.pdf. 
  2. Zhang, Z.; Holmer, L. E.; Ou, Q.; Han, J.; Shu, D. (2011). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cambrian stem rhynchonelliform brachiopod Longtancunella and its implications". Lethaia: no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00261.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6674345 entry