Burgessia

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Burgessia
Fossil range: Middle Cambrian
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Genus: Burgessia

Burgessia is an extinct genus of arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada.

[edit] Sources

  • The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway-Morris
  • Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould

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