Carnarvonia venosa
Appearance
Carnarvonia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Genus: | †Carnarvonia Walcott, 1912 |
Species: | †C. venosa
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Binomial name | |
†Carnarvonia venosa Walcott, 1912
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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
- ^ 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.
External links
- Carnarvonia venosa". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. (Burgess Shale species 35)