Skania

Skania; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Illustration of Skania fragilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Marrellomorpha
Order:	†
Genus:	†Skania
Species
	S. fragilis Walcott, 1931 ; S. sundbergi ;

Skania is a Middle Cambrian fossil arthropod that is closely related to the Early Cambrian from the Chengjiang Biota, China. It bears a superficial resemblance to the Ediacaran organism Parvancorina.^[1] A single specimens of Skania are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.01% of the community.^[2] While previously enigmatic, it is now thought to be a marrellomorph.^[3]

References[]

^ Lin, J. P.; Gon, S. M.; Gehling, J. G.; Babcock, L. E.; Zhao, Y. L.; Zhang, X. L.; Hu, S. X.; Yuan, J. L.; Yu, M. Y.; Peng, J. (2006). "A Parvancorina-like arthropod from the Cambrian of South China". Historical Biology. 18 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1080/08912960500508689.
^ 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.
^ Legg, D.A. (2015-09-30). "The morphology and affinities of Skania fragilis (Arthropoda) from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale". Bulletin of Geosciences: 509–518. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1532. ISSN 1802-8225.

External links[]

"Skania fragilis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

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[Lin2006-1] Lin, J. P.; Gon, S. M.; Gehling, J. G.; Babcock, L. E.; Zhao, Y. L.; Zhang, X. L.; Hu, S. X.; Yuan, J. L.; Yu, M. Y.; Peng, J. (2006). "A Parvancorina-like arthropod from the Cambrian of South China". Historical Biology. 18 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1080/08912960500508689.

[Caron2006-2] 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.

[3] Legg, D.A. (2015-09-30). "The morphology and affinities of Skania fragilis (Arthropoda) from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale". Bulletin of Geosciences: 509–518. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1532. ISSN 1802-8225.

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Skania Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Illustration of Skania fragilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Marrellomorpha
Order:	†
Genus:	†Skania
Species
S. fragilis Walcott, 1931 S. sundbergi