Oesia

Oesia Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Oesia
Species:	O. disjuncta

Oesia is a monospecific genus known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 1147 specimens of Oesia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 2.18% of the community.^[1] Despite some similarities to the chaetognaths,^[2] its affinity is unknown.^[3]

References

1. ^ Caron, J. -B.; Jackson, D. A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–465. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R.  edit
2. ^ Szaniawski, H. (2009). "Fossil Chaetognaths from the Burgess Shale: A Reply to Conway Morris (2009)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (2): 361–364. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0030.  edit
3. ^ Conway Morris, S. (2009). "The Burgess Shale AnimalOesiais not a Chaetognath: A Reply to Szaniawski (2005)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54: 175–179. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0120.  edit