New Bivalved Arthropods from Mid-Cambrian Kaili Biota of Southeastern Guizhou, Southwest China
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This study is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (grant no. 40762001, 40672018, 40930211), the Foundation of the Mobile Project of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province (grant no. Gui Ji. 2007-4004), the Foundation of the Governor of Guizhou Province (Gui E.2006-7), the Key Project of International Cooperation of Guizhou Science and Technology (Gui. Co G. 2008-700110), and the Major Basic Research Projects of MST of China (2006CB 80640).

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    Bivalved arthropods are very important elements in Mid-Cambrian Kaili Biota. Three genera, Alicaris, Pseudoarctolepis, and Forfexicaris, are herein recorded for the first time, including three new species: Alicaris kailiensis sp. nov., Forfexicaris reticulata sp. nov., and Pseudoarctolepis semicircularis sp. nov., of which Alicaris kailiensis sp. nov. could be assigned to crustaceomorphs; the other two forms are grouped as proschizoramians. These forms provide important information about the distribution and species diversity of a poorly-known element of Cambrian fauna, and also bridge the biotic evolutionary gap between Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota in Southwest China and Mid-Cambrian burgess shale biota in North America.

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YUAN Jinliang, PENG Jin, ZHAO Yuanlong.2011. New Bivalved Arthropods from Mid-Cambrian Kaili Biota of Southeastern Guizhou, Southwest China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),85(4):758-764

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  • Received:January 01,2011
  • Revised:March 30,2011
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