Burgessia
| Burgessia Temporal range: Mid Cambrian
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| B. bella | |
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| Genus: | Burgessia
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| Species: | B. bella
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| Burgessia bella | |
Restoration
Burgessia is an extinct genus of arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Many of its fossils have been found. 1383 specimens of Burgessia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 2.63% of the community.[1]
Sources[]
- The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway-Morris
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
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[]
- "Burgessia bella". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- Burgessia in the Paleobiology Database
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