Banffidae
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Artist restoration of Banffia constricta.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Vetulicolia
Class: Heteromorphida
Shu, 2005
Order: Banffiata
Aldridge et al., 2007
Family: Banffidae
Caron, 2006
Type genus
Banffia
Walcott, 1911
Genera

Banffidae is an extinct family of vetulicolians that is the only family of the order Banffiata and class Heteromorphida, also known as Banffozoa. It contains the genera Banffia, Heteromorphus, and Skeemella.[1][2] Banffids differ from vetulicolians of the class Vetulicolida in having a posterior body section with numerous segments, rather than the seven-segmented posterior body of vetulicolidans.

References

  1. Aldridge, Richard J.; Xian-Guang, Hou; Siveter, David J.; Siveter, Derek J.; Gabbott, Sarah E. (2007-01-18). "The systematics and phylogenetic relationships of vetulicolians". Palaeontology. 50 (1): 131–168. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00606.x. S2CID 85722738.
  2. Kimmig, Julien; Leibach, Wade W.; Lieberman, Bruce S. (2020). "First occurrence of the problematic vetulicolian Skeemella clavula in the Cambrian Marjum Formation of Utah, USA". Carnets de Géologie. 2020: 215–221. doi:10.4267/2042/70836. hdl:1808/33460. ISSN 1634-0744.


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