Caudicaella

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Caudicaella
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: Sunellidae
Genus: Caudicaella
Species:
C. bispinata
Binomial name
Caudicaella bispinata
(Cui & Huo, 1990)
Synonyms
  • Sunella bispinata Cui & Huo 1990
  • Isoxys bispinata Zhang et al 2018

Caudicaella is a genus of arthropods in the family Sunellidae. [1] It used to be classified as Sunella bispinata but was moved to a new genus in 2021. [2]

Distribution

Caudicaella has been found in the Shuijingtuo formation in China [2] [1] , and the Heatherdale formation in Australia. [3] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Collantes, Luis; Pates, Stephen. "Isoxys carbonelli and the palaeoenvironmental disparity of Isoxys during Cambrian Stage 3". Historical Biology. 0 (0): 1–9. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2529395. ISSN   0891-2963.
  2. 1 2 Sun, Ao. "Taxonomy and ontogeny of bivalved arthropods from the lower member of the Shuijingtuo Formation, Series 2 and Stage 3, Eastern Three Georges Area, South China". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. doi:10.19800/j.cnki.aps.2021019.
  3. Chen, Fei-Yang; Betts, Marissa J.; Zhang, Zhi-Liang; Brock, Glenn A. (2025-06-01). "The bivalved arthropod Caudicaella aff. bispinata from the Heatherdale Shale (Cambrian Stage 3), South Australia" . Palaeoworld. 34 (3): 100882. Bibcode:2025Palae..3400882C. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2024.09.006. ISSN   1871-174X.