Siberion

Siberion
Fossil range: Early Cambrian 525–520 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Lobopodia
Class: Xenusia
Family: Xenusiidae
Genus: Siberion
Dzik 2011
Species: S. lenaicus
Dzik 2011

Siberion is an extinct genus of lobopod from the Sinsk biota of Russia. Its anatomy, including the proboscis-like organ projecting from the face and prominent grasping first pair of appendages, suggests that xenusians like this organism may have been phylogenetically related to anomalocaridids, like Anomalocaris.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Dzik, Jerzy (2011). "The xenusian-to-anomalocaridid transition within the lobopodians". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 50(1): 65-74.
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