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Cindarella
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Drawing of C. eucalla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
(unranked): Xandarellida
Genus: Cindarella
Species:
C. eucalla
Binomial name
Cindarella eucalla
Chen et al. 1996
Fossil specimen of C. eucalla, Beijing Museum of Natural History

Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.[1][2] It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Ramsköld, Lars; Junyuan, Chen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Guiqing, Zhou (1997). "Cindarella and the arachnate clade Xandarellida (Arthropoda, Early Cambrian) from China". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 88 (01): 19–38. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002297.
  2. ^ a b Bergström, J. & Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 78 (4): 323–334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-03.