Tuzoia
| Tuzoia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Mid Cambrian | |
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| Carapace of Tuzoia | |
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| Museum specimen of T. polleni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thylacocephala |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Tuzoia Walcott, 1912 |
Tuzoia is a large bivalved arthropod known from the Burgess Shale, British Columbia, and Kaili (Guizhou, China). This arthropod reached lengths of 180 mm long. There are currently 7 valid species recognized.[1]
Showing marginal spines
External links
- "Tuzoia burgessensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Vannier, J.; Caron, J.-B.; Yuan, J.-L.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Collins, D.; Zhao, Y.-L.; Zhu, M.-Y. (2007). "Tuzoia: morphology and lifestyle of a large bivalved arthropod of the Cambrian seas". Journal of Paleontology 81 (3): 445–471. doi:10.1666/pleo05070.1.