Amiskwia

Amiskwia
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3–Middle Cambrian
Fossil of Amiskwia sagittiformis from the Burgess Shale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Cucullophora
Genus: †Amiskwia
Walcott, 1911
Type species
Amiskwia sagittiformis
Walcott, 1911
Species
  • A. sagittiformis
  • A. sinica Luo & Hu, 2002

Amiskwia is a genus of soft-bodied animals known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan Province, China. It is interpreted as a member of the clade Gnathifera sensu lato[1] or as a basal cucullophoran.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Cheung, Brittany (2019). "Amiskwia is a large Cambrian gnathiferan with complex gnathostomulid-like jaws". Communications Biology. 2: 164. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0388-4. PMC 6499802. PMID 31069273.
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