Herpetogaster
Encyclopedia
Herpetogaster is an extinct monotypic
genus
of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale
with a single species Herpetogaster collinsi. Six specimens of Herpetogaster are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed
, where they comprise less than 0.01% of the community.
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of animal from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale
Burgess Shale
The Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, is one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, and the best of its kind. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils...
with a single species Herpetogaster collinsi. Six specimens of Herpetogaster are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed
Phyllopod bed
The Phyllopod bed, designated by USNM locality number 35k, is the most famous fossil-bearing member of the Burgess shale fossil lagerstatte. It was quarried by Charles Walcott from 1911–1917, and was the source of 95% of the fossils he collected during this time;tens of thousands of...
, where they comprise less than 0.01% of the community.
See also
- Herpetogaster at the Fossil Wiki.