Cindarella

Cindarella; Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Cindarella eucalla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Order:	†Xandarellida
Genus:	†Cindarella; Chen et al. 1996
Species:	†C. eucalla
Binomial name
	†Cindarella eucalla; Chen et al. 1996
Synonyms
	Almenia spinosa Hou et Bergström 1997

Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.^[2]^[3] It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.^[3]

References

↑ Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Ramsköld, Lars (March 1999). "Relationships of Cambrian Arachnata and the systematic position of Trilobita". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (2): 263–287. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..263E. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027761. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 84029615.
↑ Ramsköld, Lars; Junyuan, Chen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Guiqing, Zhou (1997). "Cindarella and the arachnate clade Xandarellida (Arthropoda, Early Cambrian) from China". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 88 (1): 19–38. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002297. S2CID 128675122.
1 2 Bergström, J. & Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 78 (4): 323–334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-03.