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Systematics, morphology, and appendages of an Early Ordovician pilekiine trilobite Anacheirurus from Fezouata Shale and the early diversification of Cheiruridae

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985831%3A_____%2F21%3A00549198" target="_blank" >RIV/67985831:_____/21:00549198 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app009022021.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app009022021.pdf</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00902.2021" target="_blank" >10.4202/app.00902.2021</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Systematics, morphology, and appendages of an Early Ordovician pilekiine trilobite Anacheirurus from Fezouata Shale and the early diversification of Cheiruridae

  • Original language description

    Pilekiines are the earliest diverging members of the successful trilobite family Cheiruridae. The pilekiine genus Anacheirurus is characterized by sub-quadratic to sub-oval glabella, pitted genae, and a distinct trunk with elongated pleural spines in its posterior part. Anacheirurus adserai is a common component of the Fezouata Shale (Lower Ordovician, Morocco), where it was intially included into several species of the genus Lehua. This assignment and taxonomic over-splitting created confusion, overestimated cheirurid diversity at this locality, and simultaneously underestimated morphological variability within A. adserai. In this contribution we examine new material of A. adserai from the Fezouata Shale, clarifying its morphology and systematics. A detailed re-description of the species shows that Anacheirurus is distinct from Lehua, the latter being a more derived member of Cheiruridae. The comparison of Anacheirurus with other pilekiines shows that morphological variability within this subfamily is mostly constrained to the trunk region. Exceptionally preserved specimens of A. adserai from the Fezouata Shale show details of appendages, revealing the endopodite and exopodite morphologies in early members of Cheiruridae. The endopodite of A. adserai is unique among trilobites in possessing comparatively longer distal podomeres 5 and 6, but otherwise, it has the same general morphology as other described trilobite endopodites. The exopodite morphology of A. adserai shows characters typical of some Cambrian species but differs in several aspects from those known in post-Cambrian taxa. It is concluded that trilobite exopodite morphology was probably more variable than the endopodite morphology, which remains rather conservative across different taxa. Morphological diversity of trilobite exopodites in post-Cambrian taxa might be related to ecological escalations during the Ordovician biodiversification and the transition between Cambrian and Ordovician trilobite faunas.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10506 - Paleontology

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/GJ20-23550Y" target="_blank" >GJ20-23550Y: Exploring developmental aspects in fossil arthropods during Cambrian explosion and Ordovician biodiversification</a><br>

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

  • ISSN

    0567-7920

  • e-ISSN

    1732-2421

  • Volume of the periodical

    66

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    4

  • Country of publishing house

    PL - POLAND

  • Number of pages

    21

  • Pages from-to

    857-877

  • UT code for WoS article

    000735377100012

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database