Cindarella

{{Short description|Extinct species of an artiopod}} {{Distinguish|Cinderella}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Cambrian|Mid Cambrian}} | image = Cindarella eucalla, Chengjiang biota.jpg | image_caption = Fossil of ''Cindarella eucalla'' | genus = Cindarella | parent_authority = Chen ''et al.'' 1996 | species = eucalla | authority = Chen ''et al.'' 1996 | synonyms = ''Almenia spinosa'' <small>Hou et Bergström 1997</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Edgecombe |first1=Gregory D. |last2=Ramsköld |first2=Lars |date=March 1999 |title=Relationships of Cambrian Arachnata and the systematic position of Trilobita |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/relationships-of-cambrian-arachnata-and-the-systematic-position-of-trilobita/208B20094C20C38E688044F130A1CC04 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=263–287 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000027761 |bibcode=1999JPal...73..263E |s2cid=84029615 |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription }}</ref> }} thumb|left|Drawing of ''Cindarella eucalla''|150px

'''''Cindarella''''' is genus of trilobite-like Cambrian arthropod known from the Chengjiang biota of China.<ref name=RAMSetal97>{{cite journal|last=Ramsköld|first=Lars|author2=Junyuan, Chen |author3=Edgecombe, Gregory D. |author4= Guiqing, Zhou |title=''Cindarella'' and the arachnate clade Xandarellida (Arthropoda, Early Cambrian) from China|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences|year=1997|volume=88|issue=1|pages=19–38|doi=10.1017/S0263593300002297|s2cid=128675122 }}</ref><ref name=B&H2003>{{cite journal|author= Bergström, J.|author2= Hou, X. G.|name-list-style= amp|year= 2003|title= Arthropod origins|journal= Bulletin of Geosciences|volume= 78|issue= 4|pages= 323–334|url= http://mzp.cz/ris/ekodisk-new.nsf/1a76d1df1a0e29f0c1256e2800520b9d/9a21746463a798e9c125708f002d7766/$FILE/str.%20323-334.pdf|access-date= 2014-03-03|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023625/http://www.mzp.cz/ris/ekodisk-new.nsf/1a76d1df1a0e29f0c1256e2800520b9d/9a21746463a798e9c125708f002d7766/$FILE/str.%20323-334.pdf|archive-date= 2016-03-04|url-status= dead}}</ref> It is classified in the stem group of trilobites (Artiopoda) in the clade Xandarellida, along with ''Phytophilaspis'', ''Sinoburius'', and ''Xandarella''.<ref name=B&H2003/>

==See also== {{Portal|paleontology|Arthropods}} * Arthropod * Cambrian explosion * Chengjiang biota ** List of Chengjiang Biota species by phylum

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.trilobites.info/triloclass.htm Trilobite Systematic Relationships]

Category:Cambrian arthropods Category:Maotianshan shales fossils Category:Artiopoda Category:Cambrian genus extinctions Category:Monotypic artiopod genera