Yawunik

Yawunik
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Life reconstruction of Yawunik kootenayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:†Megacheira
Genus:†Yawunik
Aria et al., 2015[1]
Type species
†Yawunik kootenayi
Aria et al., 2015[1]

Yawunik is an extinct genus of Cambrian arthropod known from the Burgess Shale in Canada (Marble Canyon locality). The type species has been named Y. kootenayi after the Kootenay, both a geographic area (and National Park, where the fossil was found) and North American First Nation, also known as the Ktunaxa. The fossil dates back to 508 million years ago.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Aria, Cédric; Caron, Jean-Bernard; Gaines, Robert (2015). "A large new leanchoiliid from the Burgess Shale and the influence of inapplicable states on stem arthropod phylogeny". Palaeontology. 58 (4): 629–660. doi:10.1111/pala.12161.
  2. ↑ Brian Switek (2 April 2015). "Scientists uncover yet another Cambrian weirdo". "Laelaps" on National Geographic. Retrieved 2 April 2015.


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