Marrella

Marrella
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian
Fossil of Marrella
Life reconstruction of Marrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Marrellomorpha
Order: Marrellida
Family: Marrellidae
Genus: Marrella
Walcott, 1912
Species:
M. splendens
Binomial name
Marrella splendens
Walcott, 1912

Marrella is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia. It is the most common animal represented in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada, with tens of thousands of specimens collected. Much rarer remains are also known from deposits in China.