Yawunik
Extinct genus of arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yawunik is an extinct genus of Cambrian megacheiran ("Great appendage" arthropod) known from the Burgess Shale in Canada (Marble Canyon locality).[1] The type species has been named Yawunik kootenayi after the Kootenay, both a geographic area (and National Park, where the fossil was found) and North American First Nation, also known as the Ktunaxa. The genus name is derived from Yawuʔnik̓, the name of a primordial sea monster in Ktunaxa mythology.[2] The fossil dates back to 508 million years ago.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Megacheira |
Order: | †Leanchoilida |
Family: | †Leanchoiliidae |
Genus: | †Yawunik Aria et al., 2015[1] |
Type species | |
†Yawunik kootenayi Aria et al., 2015[1] |
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