Tuzoia
Extinct genus of arthropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tuzoia (from Mount Tuzo, a mountain in the Canadian Rockies) is an extinct genus of large bivalved arthropod known from Early to Middle Cambrian marine environments from what is now North America, Australia, China, Europe and Siberia. The large, domed carapace reached lengths of 180 millimetres (7.1 in), making them amongst the largest known Cambrian arthropods.
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Tuzoia | |
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Carapace of Tuzoia retifera | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Order: | †Hymenocarina |
Family: | †Tuzoiidae |
Genus: | †Tuzoia Walcott, 1912 |
Type species | |
Tuzoia retifera Walcott, 1912 | |
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