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Metaspriggina ✝
Description | Metaspriggina is a genus of chordate initially known from two specimens in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and 44 specimens found in 2012 at the Marble Canyon bed in Kootenay National Park. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaspriggina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Metaspriggina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Metaspriggina Simonetta & Insom, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bollettino di Zoologia 60 (1), March | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | Pelagic, fully motile fast, suspension (Bambach et al., 2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. M. Simonetta and E. Insom. 1993. New animals from the Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian) and their possible significance for the understanding of the Bilateria. Bolletino di Zoologia 60(1):97-107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaspriggina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Metaspriggina walcotti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1993 | Metaspriggina Simonetta and Insom p. 108 figs. Figs. 2, 3 |
2007 | Metaspriggina Bambach et al. p. S83 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!