Carnarvonia (animal)

Carnarvonia; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Carnarvonia; Walcott, 1912
Species:	†C. venosa
Binomial name
	Carnarvonia venosa; Walcott, 1912

Carnarvonia is a genus of arthropods of uncertain affinities, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Its bivalved carapace bears the imprints of its veins.^[1]

References

↑ Jean Vannier, Mark Williams & David J. Siveter (1997). "The Cambrian origin of the circulatory system of crustaceans". Lethaia. 30 (3): 169–184. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00458.x.

Carnarvonia venosa". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. (Burgess Shale species 35)

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