Dalyia
| Dalyia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian, 520Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | rhodophyta |
| Genus: | Dalyia |
| Species: | D. racemata Walcott 1919 |
Dalyia is a red alga of the middle Cambrian Burgess shale.[1] It has smooth or faintly lineated stems, which branch into up to four equal branches at branching points.37 specimens of Dalyia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.07% of the community.[2]
External links
- "Dalyia racemata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Briggs, D.E.G.; Erwin, D.H.; Collier, F.J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, ISBN 156098659X, OCLC 231793738
- ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.