Byronia
| Byronia Temporal range: upper Lower Cambrian–Silurian[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | †Byroniida |
| Genus: | Byronia Matthew, 1899 |
Byronia is a genus of theca-bearing cnidarian with a close affinity to the coronatid scyphozoans.[2]
External links
- "Byronia annulata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Mao-yan Zhu; Heyo Van Iten; Robt S. Cox; Yuan-long Zhao; Bernd-D. Erdtmann. "Occurrence of Byronia Matthew and Sphenothallus Hall in the Lower Cambrian of China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74 (3): 227–238. doi:10.1007/BF02988098.
- ↑ Van Iten, H.; Zhu, M. Y.; Collins, D. (2002). "First Report of Sphenothallus Hall, 1847 in the Middle Cambrian". Journal of Paleontology 76 (5): 902–905. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0902:FROSHI>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1307202.
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