Burgessochaeta
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Burgessochaeta is an extinct genus of polychaete annelids from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. A total of 189 specimens of Burgessochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.36% of the community.[1] Specimens have also been found at Marble Canyon.[2] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979)[3] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004).[4]
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Burgessochaeta | |
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Reconstruction of Burgessochaeta setigera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Polychaeta |
Family: | †Burgessochaetidae Conway Morris, 1979 |
Genus: | †Burgessochaeta Conway Morris, 1979 |
Species: | †B. setigera |
Binomial name | |
†Burgessochaeta setigera (Walcott, 1911) | |
Synonyms | |
Canadia setigera Walcott, 1911 |
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