Dabashanella

Dabanshanella
Temporal range:
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. longa Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983 Zhang, 2023[3]
  • D. hemicyclica [3][4]
  • D. semiorbiculata Zhang, 2023[3]
  • D. unispinata Zhang, 2023[3]
  • D.? lunaiformis Peel, 2025[2]
  • D. retroswinga Huo, Shu & Fu, 1983 [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. ^ a b c d e f g h i Peel, J (9 March 2025). "Middle Cambrian (Wuliuan Stage) Small Shelly Fossils from North Greenland (Laurentia)". Bulletin of Geosciences. 100 (1).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b Zhang, Xi-Guang; Pratt, Brian R. (2012-11-20). "The first stalk-eyed phosphatocopine crustacean from the Lower Cambrian of China". Current Biology. 22 (22): 2149–2154. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.027. ISSN 1879-0445. PMID 23084994.