CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY
II
No. 5.—MIDDLE CAMBRIAN ANNELIDS
By CHARLES D. WALCOTT
(With Six Plates)
CONTENTS
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Introduction | 110 | ||
Cambrian annelids | 111 | ||
Classification | 111 | ||
Relations to living annelids | 111 | ||
Descriptions | |||
Class Chætognatha | 112 | ||
Family Amiskwidæ, new family | 112 | ||
Genus Amiskwia, new genus | 112 | ||
Amiskwia sagittiformis, new species | 112 | ||
Class Chætopoda | 113 | ||
Sub-Class Polychæta | 113 | ||
Order Miskoa, new order | 113 | ||
Family Miskoidæ new family | 113 | ||
Genus Miskoia, new genus | 114 | ||
Miskoia preciosa, new species | 114 | ||
Family Aysheaidæ, new family | 116 | ||
Genus Aysheaia, new genus | 116 | ||
Aysheaia pedunculata, new species | 117 | ||
Family Canadidæ, new family | 117 | ||
Genus Canadia, new genus | 118 | ||
Canadia spinosa, new species | 118 | ||
Canadia setigera, new species | 119 | ||
Canadia sparsa, new species | 119 | ||
Canadia dubia, new species | 119 | ||
Canadia irregularis, new species | 120 | ||
Genus Selkirkia, new genus | 120 | ||
Selkirkia major (Walcott) | 120 | ||
Selkirkia fragilis, new species | 122 | ||
Selkirkia gracilis, new species | 122 | ||
Family Wiwaxidæ, new family | 123 | ||
Genus Wiwaxia, new genus | 123 | ||
Wiwaxia corrugata (Matthew) | 123 | ||
Genus Pollingeria, new genus | 124 | ||
Pollingeria grandis, new species | 125 | ||
Genus Worthenella, new genus | 125 | ||
Worthenella cambria, new species | 126 |
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