Siberion
| Siberion | |
|---|---|
| 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.[3]
References
- ^ Gradstein, Felix; Ogg, James; Smith, Alan (2004). A Geologic Time Scale. Cambridge University Press. p. 147-149. ISBN 0-521-78673-8.
- ^ Ivantsova, Andrey; Zhuravlevb, Andrey; Legutaa, Anton; Valentin, Krassilova; Melnikovaa, Lyudmila; Ushatinskayaa, Galina (2005). "Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Sinsk biota from the Siberian Platform" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 220: 69–88. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.022.
- ^ Dzik, Jerzy (2011). "The xenusian-to-anomalocaridid transition within the lobopodians". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 50(1): 65-74.