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The origin and evolution of animal reproductive strategy-for example of Kunmingella douvillei from the Chengjiang Lagersttte

  

  1. 1.College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003;2. Early Life Institute and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi′an 710069, China
  • Online:2017-04-18 Published:2017-04-18

Abstract: The Bivalved bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei is one of the most species from the Chengjiang Lagersttte in the Lower Cambrian. Kunmingella douvillei of newly discovered egg-bearing showed that animals appeared reproductive strategy of incubation and K-selection strategy in ecology in the Cambrian from 520 million years ago. It is response to soft clay base of the Cambrian Marine.

Key words: Chengjiang Lagersttte, Kunmingella douvillei, egg-bearing, reproductive strategy, Qiongzhusian