Jinningella

Jinningella
Temporal range: 518  Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Family: †Sunellidae
Genus: †Jinningella
Huo & Shu, 1985
Species:
†J. communis
Binomial name
†Jinningella communis
Huo & Shu, 1985

Jinningella is a genus of sunellid arthropod.

Description

Jinningella is similar to the genus Sunella and Combinivalvula in general anatomy, differing in the fact that no sexual dimorphism is known and the possession of anterodorsal nodes. It reached around 10 mm. Other sunellids reached similar sizes, Combinivalvula reached a similar size, Caudicaella specimens can be up to 12 mm and the largest Sunella fossil was roughly 15 mm.

Distribution

Jinningella fossils are only found in the Chengjiang biota.

See also

References

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