Siberion

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Siberion
Temporal range: Early Cambrian 518–513 Ma
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20191215 Siberion lenaicus.png
Reconstruction of Siberion lenaicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Lobopodia
Class:
Xenusia
Order:
[3]
Family:
[3]
Genus:
Siberion

Dzik 2011
Species:
S. lenaicus
Binomial name
Siberion lenaicus
Dzik 2011

Siberion is an extinct genus of lobopodian from the biota of Russia. Its anatomy, including the proboscis-like organ projecting from the face and prominent grasping first pair of appendages, suggests that xenusians like this organism may have been phylogenetically related to anomalocaridids, like Anomalocaris.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Gradstein, Felix; Ogg, James; Smith, Alan (2004). A Geologic Time Scale. Cambridge University Press. pp. 147–149. ISBN 0-521-78673-8.
  2. ^ Ivantsova, Andrey; Zhuravlevb, Andrey; Legutaa, Anton; Valentin, Krassilova; Melnikovaa, Lyudmila; Ushatinskayaa, Galina (2005). "Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Sinsk biota from the Siberian Platform" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 220 (1–2): 69–88. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.022.
  3. ^ a b c Dzik, Jerzy (2011). "The xenusian-to-anomalocaridid transition within the lobopodians". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 50(1): 65-74.
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