A NEW ARTHROPOD IN CHAIN-LIKE ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE CHENGJIANG LAGERSTATTE (LOWER CAMBRIAN), YUNNAN, CHINA

被引：18
作者：
Xian-Guang, Hou [1 ]
Siveter, Derek J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Aldridge, Richard J. [1 ,4 ]
Siveter, David J. [1 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Yunnan Univ, Yunnan Key Lab Palaeobiol, Kunming 650091, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Museum Nat Hist, Oxford OX1 3PW, England
[3] Univ Oxford, Dept Earth Sci, Oxford OX1 3PR, England
[4] Univ Leicester, Dept Geol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
来源：
PALAEONTOLOGY | 2009年 / 52卷
关键词：
Arthropoda; Cambrian; Chengjiang Lagerstatte; collective behaviour; EVOLUTION; BEHAVIOR; FAUNA;
D O I：
10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00889.x
中图分类号：
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要：
A new arthropod, Synophalos xynos gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cambrian of the Chengjiang Lagerstatte, Yunnan, China. It is provisionally assigned to Crustacea, Waptiida and Waptiidae. Just one example of an isolated individual of S. xynos is known. Typically, individuals of the new species occur together in similar, robustly integrated chain-like associations. Such a strongly linked configuration is apparently unique for any arthropod, fossil or living. The chain-like association is suggested to represent an example of collective behaviour, possibly associated with reproduction, or more likely migration.
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页码：951 / 961
页数：11
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