Biology:Fusuconcharium

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Short description: Extinct genus of lobopodians

Fusuconcharium
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Panarthropoda
Phylum: "Lobopodia"
Class: Xenusia
Order: Archonychophora
Family: Eoconchariidae
Genus: Fusuconcharium
Species:
F. typicum
Binomial name
Fusuconcharium typicum
Hao and Shu, 1987
Synonyms

F. minimum

Fusuconcharium is a genus of lobopodian known only from its biomineralized dorsal plates, which somewhat resemble those of Microdictyon.[1]

References

  1. Zhang, X. -G.; Aldridge, R. J. (2007). "Development and Diversification of Trunk Plates of the Lower Cambrian Lobopodians". Palaeontology 50 (2): 401. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00634.x. Bibcode2007Palgy..50..401Z. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16885371 entry