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Amiskwia
Genus of extinct, gnathiferan worms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amiskwia is a genus of soft-bodied animals known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan Province, China. It is interpreted as a member of the clade Gnathifera sensu lato[1] or as a stem-chaetognath.[2][3][4]
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Fossil of Amiskwia sagittiformis from the Burgess Shale | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Total group: | Gnathifera |
Genus: | †Amiskwia Walcott, 1911 |
Type species | |
Amiskwia sagittiformis Walcott, 1911 | |
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