Helmetia

Helmetia expansa
Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Stem-group: Chelicerata
Order: Helmetiida
Family: Helmetiidae
Genus: Helmetia
Species: H. expansa
Binomial name
Helmetia expansa
Walcott, 1918

Helmetia is an extinct genus of arthropod from the Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale and the Czech Republic.[1]

References

  1. Kordule Chlupáč (2002). "Arthropods of Burgess Shale type from the Middle Cambrian of Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey. 77: 167–182.

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