#burgessia

[bestofpalaeo]

Burgessia bella

by extinction-illustrated

[palaeopedia]

The Burgess’s one, Burgessia (1912)

Phylum : Arthropoda Genus : Burgessia Species : B. bella

Middle Cambrian

3 cm long (size)

Burgress shale, Canada (map)

Burgessia is an extinct genus of arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Many of its fossils have been found. 1383 specimens of Burgessia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 2.63% of the community.