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Cindarella

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

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Cindarella
Temporal range:
Fossil of Cindarella eucalla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Order: Xandarellida
Genus: Cindarella
Chen et al. 1996
Species:
C. eucalla
Binomial name
Cindarella eucalla
Chen et al. 1996
Synonyms1

Almenia spinosa Hou et Bergström 1997

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Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.23 It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.3

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References

References

  1. Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Ramsköld, Lars (March 1999). "Relationships of Cambrian Arachnata and the systematic position of Trilobita". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (2): 263–287. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..263E. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027761. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 84029615.
  2. 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. S2CID 128675122.
  3. Bergström, J. & Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 78 (4): 323–334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
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