Microdictyon (Eoconchariidae)

Microdictyon, Chengjiang fossil site museum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleronychophora
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 Ordo: †Scleronychophora

Familia: †Eoconchariidae
Genus: †Microdictyon
Species: †M. effusum – †M. rhomboidale – †M. robisoni – †M. rozanovi – †M. sinicum – †M. sphaeroides – †M. tenuiporatum

Name

Microdictyon Bengtson, Matthews & Missarzhevsky, 1986

Type species: Microdictyon effusum Bengtson et al. in Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981

Synonyms

• Microdictyon Bengtson et al. in Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981: 78 (nomen nudum)
• Microdictyon Grigorievna, 1983: 169 (nomen nudum)
• Eoconcharium Hao & Shu, 1987: 304

References

Primary references

• Hao, Y.C. & Shu, D.G. 1987. 陕西南部最古老的放射虫化石 [The oldest known well-preserved Phaeodaria (Radiolaria) from southern Shaanxi]. Geoscience 1(3): 301–310. [In Chinese with summary in English.] Online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Demidenko, Yu.E. 2006. [New Cambrian lobopods and chaetognaths of the Siberian Platform]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2006(3): 6–14. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 40(3): 234–243. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030106030026 .]
• Hou, X. & Bergström, J. 1995. Cambrian lobopodians—ancestors of extant onychophorans? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 3–19. DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1995.0014 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ミクロディクティオン
中文: 微網虫

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