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A new arthropod in chain-like associations from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian), Yunnan, China
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A new arthropod, Synophalos xynos gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cambrian of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Yunnan, China. It is provisionally assigned to Crustacea, Waptiida and Waptiidae. Just one example of an isolated individual of S.xynos is known. Typically, individuals of the new species occur together in similar, robustly integrated chain-like associations. Such a strongly linked configuration is apparently unique for any arthropod, fossil or living. The ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Palaeontology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 951-961
- Publication date:
- 2009-07-01
- DOI:
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1475-4983
- ISSN:
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0031-0239
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English
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ora:3438
- Deposit date:
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2010-03-03
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- The Palaeontological Association
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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- Citation: Xian-Guang, H. et al. (2009). 'A new arthropod in chain-like associations from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian), Yunnan, China', Palaeontology, 52(4), 951-961. [The definitive version of the article is available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122514059/abstract]. © 2009 The Palaeontological Association. The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page.
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