Banffia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
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Fossil of B. constricta from the Burgess Shale | |
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Fossil of B. episoma from the Spence Shale | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | †Vetulicolia |
Class: | †Banffozoa |
Order: | †Banffiata |
Family: | †Banffidae |
Genus: | †Banffia Walcott, 1911 |
Type species | |
†Banffia constricta Walcott, 1911
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Banffia is a genus of animals described from Middle Cambrian fossils. The genus commemorates Banff, Alberta, near where the first fossil specimens were discovered. Its placement in higher taxa is controversial. It is considered to be a member of the enigmatic phylum Vetulicolia.
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