Dalyia
Appearance
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Dalyia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Hemichordata |
Class: | Pterobranchia |
Genus: | †Dalyia |
Species: | †D. racemata
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Binomial name | |
†Dalyia racemata Walcott, 1919
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Dalyia is a pterobranch known from the middle Cambrian Burgess shale.[1] It was previously interpreted as a red alga.[2] It has smooth or faintly lineated stems, which branch into up to four equal branches at branching points. Template:Gpb abundance
References
- ^ Maletz, Jörg; Steiner, Michael (2015). "Graptolite (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia) preservation and identification in the Cambrian Series 3". Palaeontology. 58 (6): 1073–1107. doi:10.1111/pala.12200.
- ^ Briggs, D. E. G.; Erwin, D. H.; Collier, F. J. (1995), Fossils of the Burgess Shale, Washington: Smithsonian Inst Press, ISBN 1-56098-659-X, OCLC 231793738
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