Burgessochaeta
| Burgessochaeta Temporal range: Middle Cambrian | |
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| Reconstruction of Burgessochaeta setigera | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Family: | †Burgessochaetidae |
| Genus: | †Burgessochaeta Conway Morris, 1979 |
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Burgessochaeta is an extinct genus of polychaete annelid from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. 189 specimens of Burgessochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.36% of the community.[1]
Sources
- The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway-Morris
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.
External links
- "Burgessochaeta setigera". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- Burgessochaeta in the Paleobiology Database
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