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Title: 'Notchia weugi' gen. et sp. nov.: a new short-headed arthropod from the Weeks Formation Konservat-Lagerstatte (Cambrian; Utah)
Contributor(s): Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756814000375
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20071
Abstract: The Weeks Formation preserves a diverse, yet largely undescribed, exceptionally preserved fauna of late Guzhangian age. Here I describe 'Notchia weugi' gen. et sp. nov., a new arthropod characterized by a short cephalon, a trunk with 12 tergites and weakly differentiated into two morphological regions, and a spine-bearing rectangular telson. This combination of characters is incompatible with its assignment to any known groups. The new taxon also adds to examples of convergent evolution of ramified digestive glands in arthropods, possibly as an adaptation to infrequent feeding.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Geological Magazine, 152(2), p. 351-357
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1469-5081
0016-7568
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060808 Invertebrate Biology
040308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310913 Invertebrate biology
370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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