Habelia
| Habelia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Genus: | Habelia Walcott, 1912 |
| Species: | H. optata |
Habelia is an enigmatic genus of extinct arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. 54 specimens of Habelia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.1% of the community.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
External links
- "Habelia optata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- "Habelia? brevicauda". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- Habelia in the Paleobiology Database