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Article: A new scyphozoan from the Cambrian Fortunian Stage of South China

Palaeontology - Volume 60 Part 4 - Cover
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 60
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2017
Page(s): 511 – 518
Author(s): Yunhuan Liu, Tiequan Shao, Huaqiao Zhang, Qi Wang, Yanan Zhang, Cheng Chen, Yongchun Liang, and Jiaqi Xue
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How to Cite

LIU, Y., SHAO, T., ZHANG, H., WANG, Q., ZHANG, Y., CHEN, C., LIANG, Y., XUE, J. 2017. A new scyphozoan from the Cambrian Fortunian Stage of South China. Palaeontology, 60, 4, 511-518. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12306

Author Information

  • Yunhuan Liu - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China (Email: stotto@163.com)
  • Tiequan Shao - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China (Email: zytqshao@chd.edu.cn)
  • Huaqiao Zhang - State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China (Email: hqzhang@nigpas.ac.cn)
  • Qi Wang - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China (Email: 2015127039@chd.edu.cn)
  • Yanan Zhang - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China
  • Cheng Chen - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China
  • Yongchun Liang - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China
  • Jiaqi Xue - College of Earth Science & Resources Chang'an University Xi'an China

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 12 June 2017
  • Manuscript Accepted: 06 May 2017
  • Manuscript Received: 27 March 2017

Funded By

National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 41572007, 41572009
Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Grant Number: 2016283
Chang'an University. Grant Numbers: 201610710043, 201610710044, 201610710045, 201610710047, 0012‐310600161000, 0012‐310627171808, C‐P‐B‐2, C‐P‐B‐6, C‐P‐B‐8

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Abstract

Animals with radial symmetry are abundant in the Cambrian Fortunian Stage of South China, but with relatively low diversity: representatives include Olivooides, Quadrapyrgites, carinachitiids, hexangulaconulariids and Pseudooides. Here, we report a new radial animal, Qinscyphus necopinus gen. et sp. nov., from the Fortunian small shelly fauna of southern Shaanxi Province, South China. Qinscyphus necopinus has a cup‐shaped profile, with slightly raised annuli and five groups of triangular thickenings in pentaradial symmetry. This organism has a comparable morphology to, and thus a close affinity with, Olivooides and Quadrapyrgites, and is interpreted as a coronate scyphozoan. This discovery adds a new crown‐group cnidarian to the Cambrian Explosion.

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