Peytoia

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Radiodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Hurdiidae
Genus: †
Species: †P. infercambriensis –
†P. nathorsti
Name
Type species: Peytoia nathorsti Walcott, 1911, by original designation.
Synonyms
- Laggania Walcott, 1911: 52 [syn.: Conway Morris, 1978]
- Type species: Laggania cambra Walcott, 1911 [= Peytoia nathorsti Walcott, 1911], by original designation.
- Pomerania Lendzion, 1975 (preoccupied)
- Type species: Pomerania infercambriensis Lendzion, 1975 (preoccupied), by original designation
- Cassubia Lendzion, 1977
- Type species: Cassubia infercambriensis (Lendzion, 1975), by original designation
References
Primary references
- Conway Morris, S. 1978. Laggania cambria Walcott: A composite fossil. Journal of Paleontology 52(1): 126–131. JSTOR
. - Walcott, C.D. 1911. Middle Cambrian Holothurians and Medusae. In: Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(3): 41–68, pls. 8–13. BHL. Reference page.
Additional references
- Conway Morris, S. & Robison, R.A. 1982. The enigmatic medusoid Peytoia and a comparison of some Cambrian biotas. Journal of Paleontology 56(1): 116–122. JSTOR
. Reference page. - Daley, A.C. & Bergström, J. 2012. The oral cone of Anomalocaris is not a classic 'peytoia'. Naturwissenschaften 99: 501–504. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0910-8
. Reference page. - Whittington, H.B. Briggs, D.E.G. 1985. The largest Cambrian animal, Anomalocaris, Burgess Shale, British-Columbia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 309(1141): 569–609. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1985.0096
. Reference page. [as synonym of Anomalocaris]