Wapkia Explained

Wapkia is an extinct genus of sea sponge with radial sclerites, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It was first described in 1920 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.^[1] 32 specimens of Wapkia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.06% of the community.^[2]

External links

• Web site: 2011. Wapkia grandis. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. https://web.archive.org/20201112025257/http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=129. 2020-11-12. dead.
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Notes and References

1. Walcott . C. D. . 1920 . Cambrian geology and paleontology IV:6—Middle Cambrian Spongiae . . 67 . 261–364 .
2. Caron . Jean-Bernard. Jackson . Donald A.. Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. PALAIOS . 21 . 5 . 451–65. October 2006. 10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. 20173022. 2006Palai..21..451C . 53646959 .