Wanneria Temporal range: late Lower Cambrian (middle Upper Olenellus-zone)
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A Wanneria walcottana negative imprint, from the Kinzers Shale | |
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Family: | “Wanneriidae”
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Subfamily: | “Wanneriinae”
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Genus: | †Wanneria Walcott, 1910
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†Wanneria walcottana (Wanner, 1901)
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Wanneria is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage,[3] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.[3] W. walcottana and W. cranbrookense are the only known species in this genus.[1]