Thelxiope

Thelxiope is a genus of Cambrian and Ordovician arthropod. Four species are known, the type species T. palaeothalassia is known from the Burgess Shale,[1] T. spinosa, and T. holmani from the Wheeler Shale, and an indeterminate species from the Floian Fezouata Formation in Morocco. It is a member of Mollisoniida, alongside close relative Mollisonia, Corcorania and Urokodia, the group are suggested to be stem-chelicerates.[2]

Thelxiope
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 5–Floian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Order: Mollisoniida
Genus: Thelxiope
Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975
Type species
Thelxiope palaeothalassia
Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975
Other species
  • Thelxiope holmani Aubril, Skabelund and Ortega-Hernández, 2020
  • Thelxiope spinosa (Conway Morris & Robison, 1988)
Synonyms

Ecnomocaris Conway Morris & Robison, 1988

References

  1. "Thelxiope palaeothalassia". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
  2. Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Skabelund, Jacob; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2020-04-09). "Revision of the mollisoniid chelicerate(?) Thelxiope, with a new species from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation of Utah". PeerJ. 8: e8879. doi:10.7717/peerj.8879. ISSN 2167-8359.


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