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''Cindarella'' is genus of
Trilobite Systematic Relationships
Cambrian arthropods Maotianshan shales fossils Artiopoda {{paleo-arthropod-stub Cambrian genus extinctions
''Cindarella'' is genus of trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
-like Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...
known from the Chengjiang biota of China. It is classified in the stem group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. ...
of trilobites (Artiopoda
The Artiopoda is a grouping of extinct arthropods that includes trilobites and their close relatives. It was erected by Hou and Bergström in 1997 to encompass a wide diversity of arthropods that would traditionally have been assigned to the Trilo ...
) in the clade Xandarellida, along with ''Phytophilaspis
''Phytophilaspis'' is a phosphatized genus of trilobite-like arthropod with eyes, found in association with algal remains.
It dwelt in well-lit, shallow waters.
Description
''Phytophilaspis'' has several features in common with trilobites, inclu ...
'', ''Sinoburius
''Sinoburius'' is an extinct genus of xandarellid artiopodan known from the Cambrian aged Chengjiang Biota
The Maotianshan Shales are a series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation, famous for their '' Konservat Lagerstätt ...
'', and ''Xandarella
''Xandarella'' is an extinct genus of xandarellid artiopodan known from the Cambrian of China and Morocco, the type species ''Xandarella spectaculum'' was described in 1991 from the Cambrian Stage 3 aged Chengjiang Biota in China. An additiona ...
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See also
*Arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...
* Cambrian explosion
The Cambrian explosion, Cambrian radiation, Cambrian diversification, or the Biological Big Bang refers to an interval of time approximately in the Cambrian Period when practically all major animal phyla started appearing in the fossil recor ...
* Chengjiang biota
** List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum
This is a list of fossils found at Maotianshan Shales, whose most famous assemblage of organisms are referred to as the Chengjiang biota.
Phylum Arthropoda
80 species, not counting Dinocarida, Nektaspida and Trilobita
* '' Acanthomerid ...
* Cinderella
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Trilobite Systematic Relationships
Cambrian arthropods Maotianshan shales fossils Artiopoda {{paleo-arthropod-stub Cambrian genus extinctions