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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The post-embryonic ontogeny of the early Cambrian trilobite Estaingia bilobata from South Australia: trunk development and phylogenetic implications |
Author: | Holmes, J.D. Paterson, J.R. Garcia-Bellido, D. |
Citation: | Papers in Palaeontology, 2021; 7(2):931-950 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISSN: | 2056-2799 2056-2802 |
Editor: | Zhang, X. |
Statement of Responsibility: | James D. Holmes, John R. Paterson and Diego C. García-Bellido |
Abstract: | Trilobites are one of the most diverse and abundant fossil groups from the early Palaeozoic, and as such are useful for answering important questions about early animal evolution, including developmental processes. Ontogenetic information for a large number of trilobite species has been published, but cases where multiple articulated specimens are known across the full range of developmental stages are rare. The early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 4) Emu Bay Shale biota from Kangaroo Island (South Australia) is numerically dominated by trilobites, particularly articulated specimens of the ellipsocephaloid Estaingia bilobata, which are present in densities of >600 individuals per square metre on certain bedding planes. Here we describe the essentially complete post-embryonic ontogenetic series of E. bilobata from the Emu Bay Shale, and investigate patterns of growth relating to articulation and segmentation in this early Cambrian arthropod. Estaingia bilobata exhibits the hypoprotomeric mode of growth, with the epimorphic phase (the cessation of trunk segment generation) reached prior to the onset of the holaspid period. The meraspid pygidium had an extended equilibrium period in which anterior segment release into the thorax was matched by subterminal segment generation. Previously undocumented morphological features of E. bilobata, including the hypostome and bispinose pleural tips in holaspides, are also described. The growth characteristics and morphological features of E. bilobata documented herein strengthen close phylogenetic relationships between the Estaingiidae, Ellipsocephalidae and Xystriduridae. |
Keywords: | Trilobita; ontogeny; morphometrics; Cambrian; Redlichiida; Estaingiidae |
Rights: | © 2020 The Palaeontological Association |
DOI: | 10.1002/spp2.1323 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0774959 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100770 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT130101329 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1323 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Geology & Geophysics publications |
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