Dabashanella

Dabashanella Temporal range: Atdabanian–Miaolingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of Dabashanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Phosphatocopina
Family:	† Dabashanellidae
Genus:	† Dabashanella Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983 [1] [2]
Type species
Dabashanella hemicyclica Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983
Species
D. longaZhang, 2023 [3] D. hemicyclica [3] [4] Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983 D. semiorbiculataZhang, 2023 [3] D. unispinataZhang, 2023 [3] D.? lunaiformisPeel, 2025 [2]

Dabashanella is a genus of phosphatocopine crustacean of the family Dabashanellidae. ^{[5] [3] [2]} Four species, an indeterminate form and a possible fifth species are recognized. ^{[3] [2]}

Distribution

Dabashanella fossils have been found in China ^{[3] [2]} and possibly North Greenland. ^[2] The fossils from China are from the Atdabanian ^{[2] [5] [3]} and the ones from North Greenland are from the Miaolingian. ^[2]

References

1. "Dabashanella Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983". Gbif. 2025.
2. Peel, J (9 March 2025). "Middle Cambrian (Wuliuan Stage) Small Shelly Fossils from North Greenland (Laurentia)". Czech Geological Survey. 100 (1) – via Bulletin of Geosciences.
3. Zhang, Hua-Qiao (2023-03-01). "A new assemblage of dabashanellids (Crustacea: Phosphatocopida) from Cambrian Stage 3 of western Hubei Province, South China" . Palaeoworld. 32 (1): 14–26. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2022.06.004. ISSN   1871-174X.
4. "Dabashanella hemicyclica". Paleobiology Database . 2025.
5. Zhang, Xi-Guang; Pratt, Brian R. (2012-11-20). "The first stalk-eyed phosphatocopine crustacean from the Lower Cambrian of China". Current Biology: CB. 22 (22): 2149–2154. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.027. ISSN   1879-0445. PMID   23084994.