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Project 3874: S. Pates, J.M. Wolfe, R. Lerosey-Aubril, A.C. Daley, J. Ortega-Hernández. 2022. New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289:20212093.

Specimen: † Utaurora comosa Pates, Wolfe et al., 2022 (KUM/IP:314087)
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Abstract

Once considered ‘weird wonders’ of the Cambrian, the emblematic Burgess Shale animals Anomalocaris and Opabinia are now recognized as lower stem-group euarthropods and have provided crucial data for constraining the polarity of key morphological characters in the group. Anomalocaris and its relatives (radiodonts) had a worldwide distribution and survived until at least the Devonian. However, despite intense study, Opabinia remains the only formally described opabiniid to date. Here we reinterpret a fossil from the Wheeler Formation of Utah as a new opabiniid, Utaurora comosa nov. gen. et sp. By visualizing the sample of phylogenetic topologies in treespace, our results fortify support for the position of U. comosa beyond the nodal support traditionally applied. Our phylogenetic evidence expands opabiniids to multiple Cambrian Stages. Our results underscore the power of treespace visualization for resolving imperfectly preserved fossils and expanding the known diversity and spatiotemporal ranges within the euarthropod lower stem group.

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Article DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2093

Project DOI: 10.7934/P3874, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P3874

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Creation Date:
11 November 2020
Publication Date:
09 February 2022
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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M27079' (54 Taxa)

taxon	unscored cells	scored cells	no cell support	NPA cells	"-" cells	cell images	labels on cell images	member access
[1] Tubiluchus troglodytes Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	0	23	23	0	102	0	0	2
[2] † Cricocosmia jinningensis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	12	24	24	0	89	0	0	2
[3] † Megadictyon haikouensis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	26	34	34	0	65	0	0	2
[4] † Jianshanopodia decora Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	25	35	35	0	65	0	0	2
[5] † Hadranax augustus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	55	23	23	0	47	0	0	2
[6] † Kerygmachela kierkegaardi Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	11	65	59	0	49	0	0	2
[7] † Pambdelurion whittingtoni Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	36	47	44	0	42	0	0	2
[8] † Utaurora comosa Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	48	29	29	0	48	0	0	2
[9] † Opabinia regalis Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	16	52	50	0	57	0	0	2
[10] † Aegirocassis benmoulae Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	30	64	62	0	31	0	0	2
[11] † Cambroraster falcatus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	17	80	80	0	28	0	0	2
[12] † Hurdia triangulata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	17	81	81	0	27	0	0	2
[13] † Hurdia victoria Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	17	81	81	0	27	0	0	2
[14] † Peytoia nathorsti Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	22	73	72	0	30	0	0	2
[15] † Schinderhannes bartelsi Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	75	45	45	0	5	0	0	2
[16] † Amplectobelua symbrachiata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	23	76	76	0	26	0	0	2
[17] † Lyrarapax unguispinus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	16	80	79	0	29	0	0	2
[18] † Anomalocaris canadensis Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	14	83	83	0	28	0	0	2
[19] † Houcaris saron Taxon name last Modified on 11/29/21	17	80	80	0	28	0	0	2
[20] † Fuxianhuia xiaoshibaensis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	10	42	42	0	73	0	0	2
[21] † Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	10	42	42	0	73	0	0	2
[22] † Leanchoilia superlata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	15	34	33	0	77	0	0	2
[23] † Alalcomenaeus sp Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	7	40	40	0	78	0	0	2
[24] † Misszhouia longicaudata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	40	40	0	71	0	0	2
[25] † Kuamaia lata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	40	40	0	71	0	0	2
[26] Limulus polyphemus Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	1	46	46	0	78	0	0	2
[27] Triops cancriformis Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	1	48	48	0	76	0	0	2
[28] † Aysheaia pedunculata Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	43	43	0	68	0	0	2
[29] † Onychodictyon ferox Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	53	53	0	58	0	0	2
[30] † Onychodictyon gracilis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	24	40	40	0	61	0	0	2
[31] † Diania cactiformis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	20	41	41	0	64	0	0	2
[32] † Xenusion auerswaldae Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	32	32	32	0	61	0	0	2
[33] † Paucipodia inermis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	16	36	36	0	73	0	0	2
[34] † Microdictyon sinicum Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	45	45	0	66	0	0	2
[35] † Cardiodictyon catenulum Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	22	43	43	0	60	0	0	2
[36] † Hallucigenia sparsa Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	19	41	41	0	65	0	0	2
[37] † Hallucigenia fortis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	17	46	46	0	62	0	0	2
[38] † Hallucigenia hongmeia Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	47	30	30	0	48	0	0	2
[39] † Luolishania longicruris Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	17	51	51	0	57	0	0	2
[40] † Collinsium ciliosum Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	14	52	52	0	59	0	0	2
[41] † Collinsovermis monstruosus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	55	26	26	0	44	0	0	2
[42] † Collins monster emu bay Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	48	35	35	0	42	0	0	2
[43] † Acinocricus stichus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	55	28	28	0	42	0	0	2
[44] † Orstenotubulus evamuellerae Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	66	16	16	0	43	0	0	2
[45] † Antennacanthopodia gracilis Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	29	28	28	0	68	0	0	2
[46] † Tertiapatus dominicanus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	28	30	30	0	67	0	0	2
[47] Euperipatoides sp Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	0	54	54	0	71	0	0	2
[48] Metaperipatus blainvillei Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	1	54	54	0	70	0	0	2
[49] Epiperipatus biolleyi Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	1	54	54	0	70	0	0	2
[50] Batillipes pennaki Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	3	55	55	0	67	0	0	2
[51] Echiniscus testudo Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	2	60	60	0	63	0	0	2
[52] Actinarctus doryphorus Taxon name last Modified on 11/11/20	4	58	58	0	63	0	0	2
[53] Macrobiotus cf. harmsworthi Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	0	56	56	0	69	0	0	2
[54] Hypsibius dujardini Taxon name last Modified on 01/10/22	0	56	56	0	69	0	0	2

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