Gogia

Gogia; Temporal range: late Early Cambrian–Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	G. kitchnerensis specimen from Utah
	A colourful reconstruction of G. ojenai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	†Blastozoa
Class:	Eocrinoidea; Miller, 1821
Order:	Gogiida
Family:	Eocrinidae
Genus:	Gogia; Walcott 1917
Type species
	G. prolifica;
Species
	G. prolifica Walcott 1917 ; G. (Eocrinus) longidactylus (Walcott 1886) Robison 1965; G. granulosa Robison 1965; G. multibrachiata (Kirk 1945) Robison 1965; G. spiralis Robison 1965; G. ojenai Durham 1978;
Synonyms
	Eocrinus;

Gogia is a genus of primitive eocrinoid blastozoan from the early to middle Cambrian.

G. ojenai dates to the late Early Cambrian;^[3] other species come from various Middle Cambrian strata throughout North America, but the genus has yet to be described outside this continent.^[2]

The species of Gogia, like other eocrinoids, were not closely related to the true crinoids, instead, being more closely related to the blastoids.

Gogia is distinguished from sea lilies, and most other blastoids, in that the plate-covered body was shaped like a vase, or a bowling pin (with the pin part stuck into the substrate), and that the five ambulacra were split into pairs of coiled or straight, ribbon-like strands. Template:Gpb abundance

As a whole, the Eocrinoids are regarded as basal blastozoans very close to the ancestry of the entire subphylum.

External links

Template:Burgess Shale species

References

^ Redescribed in Harker, P.; Hutchinson, R. D. (1953). "A New Occurrence and Redescription of Gogia prolifica Walcott". Journal of Paleontology. 27 (2). Paleontological Society: 285–287. doi:10.2307/1300058. JSTOR 1300058. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Robison, R. A. (1965). "Middle Cambrian Eocrinoids from Western North America". Journal of Paleontology. 39 (3). Paleontological Society: 355–364. doi:10.2307/1301709. JSTOR 1301709. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Durham, J. W. (1978). "A Lower Cambrian Eocrinoid". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (1). Paleontological Society: 195–199. doi:10.2307/1303808. JSTOR 1303808. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)

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[1] Redescribed in Harker, P.; Hutchinson, R. D. (1953). "A New Occurrence and Redescription of Gogia prolifica Walcott". Journal of Paleontology. 27 (2). Paleontological Society: 285–287. doi:10.2307/1300058. JSTOR 1300058. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)

[Robison1965-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Robison, R. A. (1965). "Middle Cambrian Eocrinoids from Western North America". Journal of Paleontology. 39 (3). Paleontological Society: 355–364. doi:10.2307/1301709. JSTOR 1301709. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)

[Durham1978-3] Durham, J. W. (1978). "A Lower Cambrian Eocrinoid". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (1). Paleontological Society: 195–199. doi:10.2307/1303808. JSTOR 1303808. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (|doi-broken-date= suggested) (help)

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