Burgessia bella

Burgessia bella

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: incertae sedis
Genus: †Burgessia
Species: †Burgessia bella

Name

Burgessia bella Walcott, 1912: 177

Type locality

Middle Cambrian, Stephen Formation, Burgess Shale Member. Burgess Pass, near Field, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Walcott, C.D. 1912. Middle Cambrian Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Trilobita and Merostomata. In: Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57: 145–228, pls. 24–34, text figs. 8–10. BHL.

Additional references

• Lin, J.-p. 2009: Function and hydrostatics in the telson of the Burgess Shale arthropod Burgessia. Biology letters, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0740

Links

• The Paleobiology Database Burgessia page accessed 4/20/09