The first aglaspidid sensu stricto from the Cambrian of China (Sandu Formation, Guangxi)

Aglaspidids represent an obscure group of lower Palaeozoic arthropods with a patchy biogeographic distribution. Before the recent description of a representative from Tasmania, these arthropods were exclusively known from Laurentia during the late Cambrian. Here we describe a new species, Aglaspella...

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Published inGeological magazine Vol. 150; no. 3; pp. 565 - 571
Main Authors Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy, Ortega-Hernández, Javier, Zhu Xuejian, Zhu Xuejian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.05.2013
Subjects
Aglaspella
Aglaspella sanduensis
Aglaspididae
Arthropoda
Arthropods
Asia
biogeography
Cambrian
China
Far East
faunal studies
Furongian
Geology
Guangxi China
Hesselbonia
Invertebrata
invertebrate
Merostamata
Paleontology
Paleozoic
revision
Sandu Formation
Taxonomy
Upper Cambrian
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Summary:Aglaspidids represent an obscure group of lower Palaeozoic arthropods with a patchy biogeographic distribution. Before the recent description of a representative from Tasmania, these arthropods were exclusively known from Laurentia during the late Cambrian. Here we describe a new species, Aglaspella sanduensis sp. nov., from the Furongian of China, confirming that aglaspidids sensu stricto were already widely distributed worldwide by the late Cambrian; this demonstrates that some aglaspidids had great dispersal capabilities. A new diagnosis of the genus Aglaspella is proposed and the species formerly known as Aglaspella eatoni is assigned to a new taxon, Hesselbonia gen. nov.
ISSN:0016-7568
1469-5081
DOI:10.1017/S0016756812001045