Cindarella is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.[1][2] It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with Phytophilaspis, Sinoburius, and Xandarella.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | †Trilobitomorpha |
| (unranked): | †Xandarellida |
| Genus: | †Cindarella |
| Species: | †C. eucalla
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| †Cindarella eucalla Chen et al. 1996
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See also
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References
edit- ^ Ramsköld, Lars; Junyuan, Chen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Guiqing, Zhou (1997). "Cindarella and the arachnate clade Xandarellida (Arthropoda, Early Cambrian) from China". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 88 (1): 19–38. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002297. S2CID 128675122.
- ^ a b Bergström, J. & Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 78 (4): 323–334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
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