Wapkia
| Wapkia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Haplosclerida |
| Family: | Wapkiidae |
| Genus: | Wapkia |
Wapkia is a genus of sponge with radial sclerites, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 32 specimens of Wapkia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.06% of the community.[1]
External links
- "Wapkia grandis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
- with image
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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