Yawunik
| Yawunik Temporal range:
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| Life reconstruction of Yawunik kootenayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Megacheira |
| Order: | †Leanchoilida |
| Family: | †Leanchoiliidae |
| Genus: | †Yawunik Aria et al., 2015[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Yawunik kootenayi Aria et al., 2015[1]
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Yawunik is an extinct genus of Cambrian arthropod known from the Burgess Shale in Canada (Marble Canyon locality). The type species has been named Yawunik kootenayi after the Kootenay, both a geographic area (and National Park, where the fossil was found) and North American First Nation, also known as the Ktunaxa. The fossil dates back to 508 million years ago.[2]
References
- ^ a b Aria, Cédric; Caron, Jean-Bernard; Gaines, Robert (2015). "A large new leanchoiliid from the Burgess Shale and the influence of inapplicable states on stem arthropod phylogeny". Palaeontology. 58 (4): 629–660. doi:10.1111/pala.12161.
- ^ Brian Switek (2 April 2015). "Scientists uncover yet another Cambrian weirdo". "Laelaps" on National Geographic. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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