Nisusia
| Nisusia burgessensis Temporal range: Cambrian Series 3 – ~508 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Kutorginata |
| Order: | †Kutorginida |
| Family: | †Nisusiidae |
| Genus: | †Nisusia Walcott, 1905 |
| Species: | † N. burgessensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nisusia burgessensis Walcott, 1905 (Walcott, 1889) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Orthisina alberta Walcott, 1889 | |
Nisusia is a genus of brachiopod known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 133 specimens of Nisusia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.25% of the community.[1]
External links
- "Nisusia burgessensis". 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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