Jinningella

Jinningella
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: Sunellidae
Genus: Jinningella
Huo & Shu, 1985
Species:
J. communis
Binomial name
Jinningella communis
Huo & Shu, 1985

Jinningella is a genus of sunellid arthropod.[1][2][3]

Description

Jinningella is similar to the genus Sunella and Combinivalvula in general anatomy, differing in the fact that no sexual dimorphism is known and the possession of anterodorsal nodes.[1][2] It reached around 10 mm (1 cm).[3] Other sunellids reached similar sizes, Combinivalvula reached a similar size, Caudicaella specimens can be up to 12 mm (1.2 cm) and the largest Sunella fossil was roughly 15 mm (1.5 cm).[1][3]

Distribution

Jinningella fossils are only found in the Chengjiang biota.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ a b c Zhang, Xingliang; Shu, Degan (November 2007). "Soft anatomy of sunellid arthropods from the Chengjiang Lagerstutte, Lower Cambrian of southwest China". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (6): 1412–1422. doi:10.1666/06-031R.1.
  3. ^ a b c 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.