Arthroaspis n. gen., a common element of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Cambrian, North Greenland), sheds light on trilobite ancestry

• Main Authors: Stein, Martin, Budd, Graham E, Peel, John S, Harper, David AT
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
• Subjects: Sirius Passet Lagerstätte; Arthropoda; Lamellipedia; Trilobita; Appendages; Pygidium; Functional morphology; Greenland; Sirius; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/99

Abstract Background Exceptionally preserved Palaeozoic faunas have yielded a plethora of trilobite-like arthropods, often referred to as lamellipedians. Among these, Artiopoda is supposed to contain taxa united by a distinctive appendage structure. This includes several well supported groups, Helmet...