Skania
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For the Swedish county, see Scania.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Skania |
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Skania is a Cambrian fossil arthropod that may be related to the Ediacaran organism Parvancorina, and bears a strong, albeit superficial resemblance to the Vendiamorphans Vendia, Praecambridium and Onega.[1] A single specimens of Skania are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.01% of the community.[2]
[edit] External links
- "Skania fragilis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=116.
[edit] References
- ^ Lin, J. P.; Gon, S.M.; Gehling, J.G.; Babcock, L.E.; Zhao, Y.L.; Zhang, X.L.; Hu, S.X.; Yuan, J.L.; Yu, M.Y.; Peng, J. (2006). "A Parvancorina-like arthropod from the Cambrian of South China". Historical Biology 18 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1080/08912960500508689.
- ^ 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.
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