Zhiwenia
Genus of Cambrian artiopod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhiwenia is a genus of artiopods that existed during Stage 3 of the Cambrian period and was uncovered in the Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte in China. Only one species is known, Zhiwenia coronata. It is the sister taxon of Australimicola in the newly defined clade Protosutura, which is itself the sister group of Trilobitomorpha.[1]
| Zhiwenia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| (unranked): | †Artiopoda |
| (unranked): | †Protosutura |
| Genus: | †Zhiwenia Du, Ortega-Hernández, Yang & Zhang, 2019 |
| Species: | †Z. coronata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Zhiwenia coronata Du, Ortega-Hernández, Yang & Zhang, 2019 | |
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