Allonnia

Extinct genus of Cambrian animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Allonnia is a genus of coeloscleritophoran known as complete scleritomes from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It is also a constituent of the small shelly fauna.[4]

Family:Chancelloriidae
Genus:Allonnia
Doré and Reid, 1965
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Allonnia
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 2–Middle Cambrian
Fossil of Allonnia phrixothrix in Yuxi Museum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Chancelloriida
Family: Chancelloriidae
Genus: Allonnia
Doré and Reid, 1965
Type species
Allonnia tripodophora
Doré and Reid, 1965
Species
  • A. erjiensis Yun, Zhang & Li, 2017
  • A. erromenosa Jiang, in Luo et al. 1982[1]
  • A. nuda Cong et al., 2018
  • A. phrixothrix Bengtson & Hou 2001
  • A. tetrathallus Jiang, 1982
  • A. tenuis Zhao et al. 2018[2]
  • A. quadrocornuformis (Ding & Li, 1992) in Ding et al. (1992)[3]
  • A. rossica (Sayutina, in Vasil'eva & Sayutina 1988)[3]
  • A. tetrathallis (Jiang, in Luo et al. 1982)
  • A. tripodophora Doré and Reid, 1965
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Reconstruction of A. erjiensis (left) and A. phrixothrix (right) from the Chengjiang biota

Its earliest occurrence in Yunnan dates to the Upper Meishucunian (~ Tommotian / Cambrian Stage 2) [5]

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