Order Uncertain

Burlingia angusta

Order Uncertain / Family Burlingiidae

Drumian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Norway

Classification

Order Uncertain / Family Burlingiidae

Genus

Burlingia Walcott, 1908

Genus author

Walcott C. D.

Genus etymology

Burling, Mr. Lancaster D. Burling of the US National Museum, who found the first complete specimen of the

Species

B. angusta Ebbestad & Budd, 2003

Species author

Ebbestad J. O. R. & Budd G. E.

Species etymology

angust-, Latin, narrow, referring to the slender, narrow body of this species

Age

Drumian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Norway

Diagnosis

Compared with the type species Burlingia hectori, this species has a narrow, long body, 15 flat thoracic segments, and narrow pleural lobes.