Biology:Wahpia

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Short description: Extinct genus of algae

Wahpia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Division:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Rhodophyceae
Genus:
Wahpia

Wahpia is a genus of alga known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 33 specimens of Wahpia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.06% of the community.[1]

References

  1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. Bibcode2006Palai..21..451C. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7959842 entry