Margaretia
| Margaretia dorus Temporal range: Middle Cambrian | |
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| Reconstruction of M. dorus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsidophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Genus: | †Margaretia |
| Species: | † M. dorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Margaretia dorus Walcott, 1931 | |
Margaretia is a frondose organism known from the middle Cambrian Burgess shale.[1] Its fronds reached about 10 cm in length and are peppered with a range of length-parallel oval holes. Its original interpretation as a green alga is not secure; it also resembles some alcyonarian corals, but a thorough redescription will be necessary to securely classify it.[1] A relationship with the modern green alga Caulerpa is the most up-to-date consideration.[2]
External links
- "Margaretia dorus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.