Burgessia bella
Burgessia bella
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Arthropoda |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Subphylum: incertae sedis
Genus: †Burgessia
Species: †Burgessia bella
Name
Burgessia bella Walcott, 1912: 177
Lectotype: USNM 57676. (designated by Hughes, 1975)
Type locality: Middle Cambrian, Stephen Formation, Burgess Shale Member. Burgess Pass, near Field, British Columbia, Canada
References
Primary references
- Hughes, C.P. 1975. Redescription of Burgessia bella from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia. In: Martinsson, A. (ed.) Evolution and morphology of the Trilobita, Trilobitoidea and Merostomata. Proceedings of the Oslo Meeting, 1973. Fossils and Strata 4: 415–435. ISBN 82-00-04963-9. DOI: 10.18261/8200049639-1975-28
. - 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 5(3): 376–379. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0740
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Links
- The Paleobiology Database Burgessia page accessed 4/20/09
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