First report of Wiwaxia from the Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte
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jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThe robust spines and sclerites of the early to middle Cambrian ‘mollusc’ jats:italicWiwaxia</jats:italic> are ubiquitous in suitably preserved deposits, but are strikingly absent from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Cambrian Stage 3, Yunnan Province, SW China). Here we provide the first record of jats:italicWiwaxia</jats:italic> sclerites from this rich deposit, extending the record of the genus to the earliest Cambrian Series 2. This reinforces the cosmopolitan distribution of this iconic Cambrian lophotrochozoan and demonstrates the strong faunal continuity that unites distant Cambrian Lagerstätten.</jats:p>
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Cambrian explosion, China, halwaxiids, Maotianshan shale, Mollusca
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Geological Magazine
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0016-7568
1469-5081
1469-5081
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152
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Cambridge University Press
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Research was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(KZZD-EW-02-2); the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB835006);
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41472012); the Natural Science
Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2012893); and Clare College, Cambridge.