Byronia

Summary

Byronia is a genus of theca-bearing cnidarians with a close affinity to the coronatid scyphozoans.[2]

Byronia
Temporal range: upper Lower Cambrian–Silurian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Byroniida
Genus: ByroniaMatthew, 1899 References edit
  1. ^ Mao-yan Zhu; Heyo Van Iten; Robt S. Cox; Yuan-long Zhao; Bernd-D. Erdtmann (2000). "Occurrence of Byronia Matthew and Sphenothallus Hall in the Lower Cambrian of China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 74 (3): 227–238. doi:10.1007/BF02988098. S2CID 140590999.
  2. ^ Van Iten, H.; Zhu, M. Y.; Collins, D. (2002). "First Report of Sphenothallus Hall, 1847 in the Middle Cambrian". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (5): 902–905. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0902:FROSHI>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1307202. S2CID 131018299.

External links edit

  • "Byronia annulata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.