Kunmingella

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Kunmingella
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Order:
Bradoriida
Genus:
†Kunmingella Huo, 1956
Species:
†K. douvillei

(Mansuy, 1912)

Kunmingella is genus of Cambrian bradoriid from the Chengjiang biota, containing the single species K. douvillei. [1] [2] Kunmingella had 12 appendages, including a pair of antennae as well pairs of biramous limbs, including four anterior pairs of appendages bearing double rows of endites on their endopods, and a posterior 5 with only a single row of endites, as well as two terminal pairs of uniramous limbs. [3] Eggs have been found preserved attached to the posteriormost three pairs of biramous limbs, suggesting it engaged in brood care. Around 50–80 eggs, each around 150–180 μm across were attached in total. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Hou, Xianguang; Williams, Mark; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Aldridge, Richard J.; Sansom, Robert S. (2010-06-22). "Soft-part anatomy of the Early Cambrian bivalved arthropods Kunyangella and Kunmingella : significance for the phylogenetic relationships of Bradoriida". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1689): 1835–1841. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.2194. ISSN   0962-8452. PMC   2871875 . PMID   20181565.
  2. ↑ Duan, Yanhong; Han, Jian; Fu, Dongjing; Zhang, Xingliang; Yang, Xiaoguang; Komiya, Tsuyoshi; Shu, Degan (April 2014). "Reproductive strategy of the bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China". Gondwana Research. 25 (3): 983–990. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..983D. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.011. ISSN   1342-937X.
  3. ↑ Zhai, Dayou; Williams, Mark; Siveter, David J.; Harvey, Thomas H. P.; Sansom, Robert S.; Gabbott, Sarah E.; Siveter, Derek J.; Ma, Xiaoya; Zhou, Runqing; Liu, Yu; Hou, Xianguang (2019-09-03). "Variation in appendages in early Cambrian bradoriids reveals a wide range of body plans in stem-euarthropods". Communications Biology. 2 (1): 329. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0573-5. ISSN   2399-3642. PMC   6722085 . PMID   31508504.
  4. ↑ Duan, Yanhong; Han, Jian; Fu, Dongjing; Zhang, Xingliang; Yang, Xiaoguang; Komiya, Tsuyoshi; Shu, Degan (April 2014). "Reproductive strategy of the bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China" . Gondwana Research. 25 (3): 983–990. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..983D. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.011.


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