Bosworthia
| Bosworthia Temporal range: Burgess Shale | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Genus: | Bosworthia |
Bosworthia is a genus of branching photosynthetic alga known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 20 specimens of Bosworthia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.04% of the community.[1] One of its two original species has since been reassigned to Walcottophycus.Attention: This template is deprecated. Please use {{cite journal}} instead.
External links
- "Bosworthia simulans". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
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.
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