Jianshanopodia
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| Species: | J. decora
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Jianshanopodia decora is a Cambrian lobopodian. Its frontal, grasping[2] appendages bear wedge-shaped plates. Its limbs branch,[3] instead of being tipped with claws as many lobopods' are.[2] It has a sediment-filled gut surrounded by serially repeated diverticulae.[2][3] It is thought to have sucked up prey with its short 'trunk'.[2] It mainly crawled on the sea floor, but could swim when necessary.[2] Its mouth resembles those of anomalocaridids and priapulids.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Dzik, Jerzy (2011). "The xenusian-to-anomalocaridid transition within the lobopodians". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 50(1): 65-74.
- ^ a b c d e Liu, J.; Shu, D.; Han, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2008). "Origin, diversification, and relationships of Cambrian lobopods". Gondwana Research. 14 (1–2): 277–283. Bibcode:2008GondR..14..277L. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.10.001.
- ^ a b Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; 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.
- ^ Vannier, Jean; Liu, Jianni; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Vinther, Jakob; Daley, Allison C (2014). "Sophisticated digestive systems in early arthropods". Nature Communications. 5: 3641. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.3641V. doi:10.1038/ncomms4641. PMID 24785191.
- ^ Smith; Caron (2015). "Hallucigenia's head and the pharyngeal armature of early ecdysozoans" (PDF). Nature. 523 (7558): 75–8. Bibcode:2015Natur.523...75S. doi:10.1038/nature14573. PMID 26106857. S2CID 205244325.
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