Tuzoia
| Tuzoia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Mid Cambrian | |
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| Carapace of Tuzoia | |
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| Museum specimen of T. polleni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thylacocephala |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Tuzoia Walcott, 1912 |
Tuzoia is an extinct genus of large bivalved arthropod known from Early to Middle Cambrian marine environments in what is now the Burgess Shale, British Columbia, and Kaili (Guizhou, China). This arthropod reached lengths of 180 mm long. There are currently 7 valid species recognized.[1]
Showing marginal spines
External links
- "Tuzoia burgessensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Vannier, J.; Caron, J.-B.; Yuan, J.-L.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Collins, D.; Zhao, Y.-L.; Zhu, M.-Y. (2007). "Tuzoia: morphology and lifestyle of a large bivalved arthropod of the Cambrian seas". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (3): 445–471. doi:10.1666/pleo05070.1.
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