Marrella
Extinct genus of Arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Marella (disambiguation).
Marrella is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia. It is the most common animal represented in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada, with tens of thousands of specimens collected. Much rarer remains are also known from deposits in China.
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Fossil of Marrella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Marrellomorpha |
Order: | †Marrellida |
Family: | †Marrellidae |
Genus: | †Marrella Walcott, 1912 |
Species: | †M. splendens |
Binomial name | |
†Marrella splendens Walcott, 1912 | |
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