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Aysheaia
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Aysheaia is an extinct genus of soft-bodied lobopodian, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Anatomy
  • Ecology
  • Affinity
  • Distribution
  • History of research
  • Description by Walcott (1911)
  • Major redescription by Whittington, 1978
  • Response to Whittington (1980s)
  • Modern era
  • Etymology
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Aysheaia is an extinct genus of soft-bodied lobopodian, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.

== Anatomy ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aysheaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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