Cindarella

Extinct species of trilobite

Cindarella Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Drawing of C. eucalla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	†Trilobitomorpha
(unranked):	†Xandarellida
Genus:	†Cindarella
Species:	†C. eucalla
Binomial name
†Cindarella eucalla Chen et al. 1996

Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.^[1]^[2] It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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Protosutura	Acanthomeridion Australimicola Zhiwenia

Angarocaris? Australaglaspis Beckwithia Chacharejocaris? Girardevia? Obrutschewia? Rozhkovocaris?
Tremaglaspididae	Brachyaglaspis Chlupacaris Cyclopites Flobertia Quasimodaspis Tremaglaspis
Aglaspididae	Aglaspella Aglaspis Aglaspoides Chraspedops Glypharthrus Gogglops Hesselbonia Setaspis Tuboculops Uarthrus