Habelia
| Habelia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
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| Family: | Habeliidae
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| Genus: | Habelia Walcott, 1912
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| Species: | H. optata Walcott, 1912
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Habelia is an genus of extinct arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Template:Gpb abundance While previously enigmatic, a 2017 restudy found that it formed a clade (Habeliida) with Sanctacaris, Utahcaris, Wisangocaris and Messorocaris as a stem-group to Chelicerata.[1]
References
- ^ Aria, Cédric; Caron, Jean-Bernard (December 2017). "Mandibulate convergence in an armoured Cambrian stem chelicerate". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 261. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1088-7. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5738823. PMID 29262772.
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Further reading
- Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
External links
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