Jianshanopodia
| Jianshanopodia decora | |
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| Fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Panarthropoda |
| Stem group: | Onychophora |
| Genus: | †Jianshanopodia |
| Species: | † J. decora |
| Binomial name | |
| Jianshanopodia decora Liu et al., 2006 | |
Fossil
Jianshanopodia decora is a Cambrian lobopod. Its frontal, grasping[1] appendages bear wedge-shaped plates. Its limbs branch,[2] instead of being tipped with claws as many lobopods' are.[1] It has a sediment-filled gut surrounded by serially repeated diverticulae.[1][2] It is thought to have sucked up prey with its short 'trunk'.[1] It mainly crawled on the sea floor, but could swim when necessary.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liu, J.; Shu, D.; Han, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2008). "Origin, diversification, and relationships of Cambrian lobopods". Gondwana Research 14: 277–283. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.10.001.
- 1 2 Jianni Liu, Degan Shu, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang, and Xingliang Zhang (2006). "A large xenusiid lobopod with complex appendages from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2): 215–222. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
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