Habelia
| Habelia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Genus: | Habelia Walcott, 1912 |
| Species: | H. optata |
Habelia is an enigmatic genus of extinct arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Fifty-four specimens of Habelia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.1% of the community.[1]
References
- ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.
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
- "Habelia optata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- "Habelia? brevicauda". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- Habelia in the Paleobiology Database
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