Peronochaeta

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]

Peronochaeta
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Family:
†Peronochaetidae

Conway Morris, 1979
Genus:
†Peronochaeta

Conway Morris, 1979
Species:
†P. dubia
Binomial name
Peronochaeta dubia
(Walcott, 1911)
Synonyms

Canadia dubia Walcott, 1911

References
  1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
  2. Conway Morris, S. (1979). "Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 285 (1007): 227–274. Bibcode:1979RSPTB.285..227M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1979.0006. JSTOR 2418139.
  3. Eibye-Jacobsen, D. (2004). "A reevaluation of Wiwaxia and the polychaetes of the Burgess Shale". Lethaia. 37 (3): 317–335. doi:10.1080/00241160410002027.


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