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Burgessia

Taxonomy
Burgessia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Caron and Jackson (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Burgessia Sepkoski
2008Burgessia Caron and Jackson p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
genusBurgessia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Burgessia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: detritivoreg
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Epifaunal vagrant deposit feeder (Caron & Jackson, 2008); nektobenthic on the basis of personal opinion (Lin, pers. comm.)g
Created: 2008-10-19 08:18:07
Modified: 2009-09-21 21:53:33
Source: g = genus
Reference: Caron and Jackson 2008

Age range: base of the Nangaoian to the top of the Delamaran or 521.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Hubai) B. sp. (219687)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) B. bella (84412 84413 84414 84415 84416 84417 84418 84419 84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84428 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436)