A new xandarellid arthropod from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Lower Cambrian of Southwest China - 28/06/12
, Dongjing Fu, Tao Dai
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A new arthropod, Luohuilinella rarus nov. gen., nov. sp., is described from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Series 2, Stage 3), Yunnan, Southwest China. Luohuilinella nov. gen. is extremely rare in this Lagerstätte, represented by a single specimen. It has a large cephalic shield and a tapering trunk with well-developed pleural field. The cephalic shield is crescentic in outline and its anterolateral margin has two notches. The trunk is weakly trilobate, composed of 27 distinct tergites with well-developed pleural spines and a terminal piece. Luohuilinella nov. gen. resembles xandarellids in overall body architecture and especially in the reduced first trunk tergite. Its ventral morphology is, however, presently unknown. Therefore, it is provisionally assigned to Xandarellida.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Luohuilinella nov. gen., Xandarellida, Arthropoda, Cambrian, Chengjiang biota
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Vol 45 - N° 3
P. 335-338 - mai 2012 Retour au numéro
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