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Metaspriggina is a
genus of
chordate initially known from two
specimens in the
Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and 44
specimens found in 2012 at the Marble...
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University of
Camerino published the
classification in 1993,
giving the name
Metaspriggina walcotti, an
animal with
unknown identity.
Conway Morris recovered additional...
- S2CID 4234408.
Conway Morris, S. (2008). "A
Redescription of a Rare Chordate,
Metaspriggina walcotti Simonetta and Insom, from the
Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian)...
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genus as
closely related to
other Laurentian stem-vertebrates such as
Metaspriggina and
Emmonaspis (possible
early vertebrate). The
Nuucichthys holotype...
- with the
openings on the side of the body
being used to
expel water.
Metaspriggina Pikaia Xianguang, Hou; RamsköLd, Lars; BergströM, Jan (October 1991)...
- accepted,
until a 2024
study found Emmonsaspis to be in a
polytomy with
Metaspriggina and
Nuucichthys as a stem-group vertebrate. Lerosey-Aubril, R.; Ortega-Hernández...
- (Terrenuevian;
junior synonym: Haikouella)
Zhongxiniscus (Cambrian
Stage 3)
Metaspriggina (Middle Cambrian)
Palaeospondylus (Middle Devonian) Yang, C.; Li, X...
- Park. From the same location,
other fish-like
animal fossils named Metaspriggina were
discovered in 1993.
Conway Morris identified the
animals as another...
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Metaspriggina Vertebrata (crown group)...
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Conway Morris,
Simon (2008). "A
Redescription of a Rare Chordate,
Metaspriggina Walcotti Simonetta and Insom, from the
Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian)...
