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Carnarvonia venosa

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Carnarvonia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Genus: Carnarvonia
Walcott, 1912
Species:
C. venosa
Binomial name
Carnarvonia venosa
Walcott, 1912

Carnarvonia is a genus of arthropods of uncertain affinities, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Its bivalved carapace bears the imprints of its veins.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jean Vannier, Mark Williams & David J. Siveter (1997). "The Cambrian origin of the circulatory system of crustaceans". Lethaia. 30 (3): 169–184. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00458.x.
  • Carnarvonia venosa". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. (Burgess Shale species 35)