Biology:Nasakia

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods

Nasakia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Obolellata
Order: Naukatida
Family: Tomteluvidae
Genus: Nasakia
Species:
N. thulensis
Binomial name
Nasakia thulensis
Streng et al 2016

Nasakia is a genus of Naukatid brachiopod known from Cambrian strata. There is a species called Nasakia thulensis.[1]

References

  1. Streng, Michael; Butler, Aodhán D.; Peel, John S.; Garwood, Russell J.; Caron, Jean-Bernard; Álvaro, Javier (March 2016). "A new family of Cambrian rhynchonelliformean brachiopods (Order Naukatida) with an aberrant coral-like morphology". Palaeontology 59 (2): 269–293. doi:10.1111/pala.12226. http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:851485/FULLTEXT01. 

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