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Metaspriggina
Temporal range: Burgess ShaleAn artist's concept of Metaspriggina Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Genus: Metaspriggina Species: M. walcotti Binomial name Metaspriggina walcotti Metaspriggina is a genus of chordate known from only two specimens in the middle Cambrian Burgess shale.[1]
Whilst named after the Ediacaran organism Spriggina, later work has shown the two to be unrelated.[1] Evidence for cranial structures are present in one of the specimens.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Conway Morris, Simon (2008). "A Redescription of a Rare Chordate, Metaspriggina Walcotti Simonetta and Insom, from the Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian), British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Paleontology 82 (2): 424. doi:10.1666/06-130.1.
Categories:- Paleontology stubs
- Chordates
- Burgess Shale fossils
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