Peronochaeta is a genus of annelid known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 19 specimens of Peronochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.[1] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979)[2] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004).[3]

Peronochaeta
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Family:
Peronochaetidae

Conway Morris, 1979
Genus:
Peronochaeta

Conway Morris, 1979
Species:
P. dubia
Binomial name
Peronochaeta dubia
(Walcott, 1911)
Synonyms

Canadia dubia Walcott, 1911

References edit

  1. ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
  2. ^ Conway Morris, S. (1979). "Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 285 (1007): 227–274. Bibcode:1979RSPTB.285..227M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1979.0006. JSTOR 2418139.
  3. ^ Eibye-Jacobsen, D. (2004). "A reevaluation of Wiwaxia and the polychaetes of the Burgess Shale". Lethaia. 37 (3): 317–335. doi:10.1080/00241160410002027.

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