Chancia (trilobite)
| Chancia Temporal range: Cambrian | |
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| C. palliseri, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | |
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| Genus: | Chancia |
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Chancia is an extinct genus of Cambrian trilobite. It was a "fast-moving epifaunal detritivore" from Canada (British Columbia, specifically Burgess Shale, and Newfoundland) and the United States (Idaho, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Vermont).[1] Chancia was a particle feeder. Its major characteristics are a normal glabella but an enlarged cephalon due to a pre-glabellar field in front of the glabella, as well as developed eye ridges, medium-sized genal spines, and an extremely small pygidium.[2]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database. "Chancia", accessed March 27, 2011.
- ^ Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.57. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.
External links
- "Chancia palliseri". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. (Burgess Shale species 4)