Diania cactiformis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: †Lobopodia
Classis: †Xenusia
Genus: †Diania
Species: †Diania cactiformis

Name

Diania cactiformis Liu et al., 2011

Holotype. Early Life Institute, Northwest University, Xi’an, China. ELI-WT006A,B, part and counterpart of the complete specimen, which was collected in 2006 from the Jianshan section, Haikou, Yunnan, southwestern China.

Type locality: Yu’anshan (Heilinpu) Formation (Wutingaspis–Eoredlichia Zone).

Horizon: Cambrian Stage 3.

References

Primary references

Liu, J., Steiner, M., Dunlop, J.A., Keupp, H., Shu, D., Ou, Q., Han, J., Zhang, Z. & Zhang, X. 2011. An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature 470(7335): 526–530. DOI: 10.1038/nature09704 . Reference page.

Additional references

Mounce, R.C.P. & Wills, M.A. 2011. Phylogenetic position of Diania challenged. Nature 476: E1. DOI: 10.1038/nature10266 .
Legg, D.A., Ma, X., Wolfe, J.M., Ortega-Hernández, J., Edgecombe, G.D. & Sutton, M.D. 2011. Lobopodian phylogeny reanalysed. Nature 476: E2. DOI: 10.1038/nature10267 .
Liu, J., Steiner, M., Dunlop, J.A., Keupp, H., Shu, D., Ou, Q., Han, J., Zhang, Z. & Zhang, X. 2011. Liu et al. reply. Nature 476: E3–E4. DOI: 10.1038/nature10268 .