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Marrella

Marrella is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia. It is the most common animal represented in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada, with tens of thousands of specimens collected. Much rarer remains are also known from deposits in China.

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Marrella

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Marrella

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related to history · 18
Marrella → British, Burgess, Burgess Shale, Cambridge University, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Dr, In, Invertebrate Paleontology, It, John Edward Marr, Opabinia, Other, The, Treatise, Trilobitoidea, Walcott, Whittington, Yohoia
related to Occurrence · 12
Marrella → Balang Formation, Both, Burgess Shale, Cambrian, Cambrian Stage, China, Greater Phyllopod, Kaili Formation, Most Marrella, Over, Wuliuan, Yunnan
related to Taxonomy · 7
Marrella → Cambrian, Cladogram, Devonian, Marrellida, Marrellomorpha, Moysiuk, Within
related to Morphology · 5
Marrella → Behind, On, Specimens, The, There
related to External links · 4
Marrella → Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery, CS1, Features, Royal Ontario Museum
is a · 1
Marrella → extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia
related to Ecology · 1
Marrella → They

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specimens burgess shale known cambrian also appendages pair segments genus swimming collected china antennae basal marrellida walcott fossil species head

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Marrellais aextinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Middle Cambrian of North America and Asia0.90text
Marrellarelated to EcologyThey0.60section
Marrellarelated to External linksBurgess Shale Fossil Gallery0.60section
Marrellarelated to External linksRoyal Ontario Museum0.60section
Marrellarelated to External linksCS10.60section
Marrellarelated to External linksFeatures0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyCharles Doolittle Walcott0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyBurgess Shale0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyThe0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyDr0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyJohn Edward Marr0.60section
Marrellarelated to historyBritish0.60section

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