Carnarvonia

Carnarvonia venosa
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: incertae sedis
Genus: Carnarvonia
Walcott, 1912
Species: C. venosa
Binomial name
Carnarvonia venosa
Walcott, 1912

Carnarvonia is an arthropod of uncertain affinities, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Its bivalved carapace bears the imprints of its veins.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Jean Vannier, Mark Williams & David J. Siveter (1997). "The Cambrian origin of the circulatory system of crustaceans". Lethaia 30 (3): 169–184. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00458.x.