Chaunograptus

Chaunograptus is a genus of putative graptolite known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 11 specimens of Chaunograptus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.02% of the community.[1]

Chaunograptus
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Graptolithina
Genus:
Chaunograptus
  • "Chaunograptus scandens". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

References
  1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.


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