A Cambrian fossil from the Chengjiang fauna sharing characteristics with gilled lobopodians, opabiniids and radiodonts

A Cambrian fossil from the Chengjiang fauna sharing characteristics with gilled lobopodians, opabiniids and radiodonts

Parvibellus atavus gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China is a small fossil having a distinct cephalic region bearing a pair of lateral projections and a circular, ventral mouth. The trunk bears eleven pairs of probably flap-like appendages and a short pair of terminal pr...

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Main Authors: Jianni Liu, Jason A. Dunlop, Michael Steiner, Degan Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
lobopodians
radiodont
Chengjiang fauna
Cambrian
the origin of arthropods
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.861934/full

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