Tegopelte

Tegopelte; Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	†Trilobitomorpha
Subclass:	†
Genus:	†Tegopelte; Simonetta and Delle Cave, 1975
Species:	†T. gigas
Binomial name
	†Tegopelte gigas; Simonetta and Delle Cave, 1975

Tegopelte gigas is a species of soft-bodied arthropod known from two specimens from the Walcott Quarry.^[1]^[2] Trackways that may have been produced by this organism or a close relative are known from the , stratigraphically below its body fossil occurrences.^[1] T. gigas is the only species classified under the genus Tegopelte. It is usually classified under its own family , but is sometimes placed under the family Naraoiidae.^[3]^[4] It is currently considered a member of within the Artiopoda.^[5]

References[]

Comparison of Tegopelte and Naraoia compacta

^ ^a ^b Nicholas J. Minter, M. Gabriela Mángano & Jean-Bernard Caron (2011). "Skimming the surface with Burgess Shale arthropod locomotion". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279: 1613–1620. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1986. PMC 3282348. PMID 22072605.
^ Harry B. Whittington (1985). "Tegopelte gigas, a second soft-bodied trilobite from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (5): 1251–1274. JSTOR 1305016.
^ Chris Clowes. "Trilobite Origins". Peripatus. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
^ Samuel M. Gon III. "Trilobite Systematic Relationships". A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
^ Paterson, John R.; García-Bellido, Diego C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (March 2012). "New artiopodan arthropods from the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 340–357. doi:10.1666/11-077.1. ISSN 0022-3360.

External links[]

"Tegopelte gigas". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

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[Minter2011-1] Nicholas J. Minter, M. Gabriela Mángano & Jean-Bernard Caron (2011). "Skimming the surface with Burgess Shale arthropod locomotion". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279: 1613–1620. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1986. PMC 3282348. PMID 22072605.

[Whittington1985-2] Harry B. Whittington (1985). "Tegopelte gigas, a second soft-bodied trilobite from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (5): 1251–1274. JSTOR 1305016.

[peripatus-3] Chris Clowes. "Trilobite Origins". Peripatus. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

[gon-4] Samuel M. Gon III. "Trilobite Systematic Relationships". A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

[5] Paterson, John R.; García-Bellido, Diego C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (March 2012). "New artiopodan arthropods from the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 340–357. doi:10.1666/11-077.1. ISSN 0022-3360.

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