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First occurrence of the Cambrian arthropod Sidneyia Walcott, 1911 outside of Laurentia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2019

Zhixin Sun ,
Han Zeng Open the ORCID record for Han Zeng [Opens in a new window]  and
Fangchen Zhao Open the ORCID record for Fangchen Zhao [Opens in a new window]
Zhixin Sun
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Han Zeng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, China
Fangchen Zhao*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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Author for correspondence: Fangchen Zhao, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The arthropod Sidneyia Walcott, 1911 is a remarkable animal of the Burgess Shale biota (Cambrian Miaolingian, Wuliuan; British Columbia, Canada), which has not been confidently reported from other Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätten. Here we report the discovery of Sidneyia cf. inexpectans from the Wuliuan Mantou Formation of North China, which substantially expands the known palaeogeographical distribution of this genus. Our discovery suggests that Sidneyia had much greater dispersal ability than hitherto thought. It also confirms the presence of exceptionally preserved fossils in the Wuliuan Mantou Formation, one of the rare Burgess Shale-type deposits of North China.

Keywords

Burgess Shale-type LagerstätteCambrian MiaolingianarthropodsNorth Chinasoft-body preservation
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Original Article
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Geological Magazine , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , March 2020 , pp. 405 - 410
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© Cambridge University Press 2019

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