Peronochaeta
Extinct genus of annelid worms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peronochaeta is a genus of annelid known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 19 specimens of Peronochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.[1] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979)[2] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004).[3]
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Family: | †Peronochaetidae Conway Morris, 1979 |
Genus: | †Peronochaeta Conway Morris, 1979 |
Species: | †P. dubia |
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Peronochaeta dubia (Walcott, 1911) | |
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Canadia dubia Walcott, 1911 |
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