Opabinia Walcott 1912

Bilateria - Opabiniidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian Brachiopoda. United States Geological Survey Monograph 51(1-2)

Parent taxon: Opabiniidae according to S. Pates et al. 2022

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1912

Sister taxon: Utaurora

Subtaxa: Opabinia regalis

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Type: Opabinia regalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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