Jianshanopodia

Jianshanopodia
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Genus:	†Jianshanopodia
Species:	†J. decora
Binomial name
	Jianshanopodia decora; Liu et al., 2006

Fossil

Jianshanopodia decora is a Cambrian lobopod. Its frontal, grasping^[1] appendages bear wedge-shaped plates. Its limbs branch,^[2] instead of being tipped with claws as many lobopods' are.^[1] It has a sediment-filled gut surrounded by serially repeated diverticulae.^[1]^[2] It is thought to have sucked up prey with its short 'trunk'.^[1] It mainly crawled on the sea floor, but could swim when necessary.^[1] Its mouth resembles those of anomalocaridids and priapulids.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Liu, J.; Shu, D.; Han, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2008). "Origin, diversification, and relationships of Cambrian lobopods". Gondwana Research. 14: 277–283. Bibcode:2008GondR..14..277L. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.10.001.
1 2 Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; Xingliang Zhang (2006). "A large xenusiid lobopod with complex appendages from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 215–222. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
↑ Vannier, Jean; Liu, Jianni; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Vinther, Jakob; Daley, Allison C (2014). "Sophisticated digestive systems in early arthropods". Nature Communications. 5: 3641. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5E3641V. doi:10.1038/ncomms4641. PMID 24785191.
↑ Smith; Caron (2015). "Hallucigenia's head and the pharyngeal armature of early ecdysozoans". Nature. 523 (7558): 75. Bibcode:2015Natur.523...75S. doi:10.1038/nature14573. PMID 26106857.

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[Liu2007-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Liu, J.; Shu, D.; Han, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. (2008). "Origin, diversification, and relationships of Cambrian lobopods". Gondwana Research. 14: 277–283. Bibcode:2008GondR..14..277L. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.10.001.

[Liu2006-2] 1 2 Jianni Liu; Degan Shu; Jian Han; Zhifei Zhang; Xingliang Zhang (2006). "A large xenusiid lobopod with complex appendages from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 215–222. Retrieved 2015-03-13.

[3] Vannier, Jean; Liu, Jianni; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Vinther, Jakob; Daley, Allison C (2014). "Sophisticated digestive systems in early arthropods". Nature Communications. 5: 3641. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5E3641V. doi:10.1038/ncomms4641. PMID 24785191.

[4] Smith; Caron (2015). "Hallucigenia's head and the pharyngeal armature of early ecdysozoans". Nature. 523 (7558): 75. Bibcode:2015Natur.523...75S. doi:10.1038/nature14573. PMID 26106857.