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Figure 14. Nidelric gaoloufangensis n. sp. specimens on the same slab. White arrow points to the holotype, YN-GLF-PAL-17. Scale bar=10mm.
Conclusions
New well-preserved specimens not only provide new members of the chancelloriids, but also help disclose the original appearance of this enigmatic group. Chancelloriids, especially Allonnia from early and middle Cambrian, may have had the ability to partially or completely expand and compact the body, which might have played an important role in feeding. Based on new specimens, Nidelric shows many similarities with chan- celloriids in the morphology of body and spines, which suggests that it is an unusual form of chancelloriid, but still this needs to be confirmed by more solid evidence.
Acknowledgments
This research is supported by the Strategic Project of Science and Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB03010403) and the State Scholarship Fund of China (41272030, 40972026). We appreciate the constructive com- ments from reviewers and the editor, which helped improve the manuscript significantly. We thank L. Fei and J. Lei for their assistance during field work.
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