Ursactis, the Glossary
Ursactis is an extinct genus of Cambrian polychaete annelid.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Annelid, Burgess Shale, Kootenay National Park, Polychaete, Wuliuan.
- Cambrian Canada
- Cambrian genera
- Taxa described in 2023
Annelid
The annelids (Annelida, from Latin anellus, "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches.
Burgess Shale
The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
See Ursactis and Burgess Shale
Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park is a national park of Canada in southeastern British Columbia.
See Ursactis and Kootenay National Park
Polychaete
Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes.
Wuliuan
The Wuliuan stage is the fifth stage of the Cambrian, and the first stage of the Miaolingian Series of the Cambrian.
See also
Cambrian Canada
- Anse Maranda Formation
- Fortunian
- Goldenville Group
- Jacobsville Sandstone
- Munising Formation
- Munising Group
- Pakucaris
- Paradoxides
- Terreneuvian
- Ursactis
- Waptia
Cambrian genera
- Beretella
- Daihua
- Erjiecaris
- Nidelric
- Ursactis
Taxa described in 2023
- Boreosolifugae
- Gaoloufangchaeta
- Heterocorticium
- Jorottui
- Methylomirabilaceae
- Mobulavermis
- Mosirites
- Peribolosporomycetes
- Pseudobangia corderoi
- Ursactis
- Veeversaspis
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursactis
Also known as Ursactis comosa.