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Byronia

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Byronia
Temporal range: upper Lower Cambrian–Silurian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Byroniida
Genus: Byronia
Matthew, 1899

Byronia is a genus of theca-bearing cnidarians with a close affinity to the coronatid scyphozoans.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mao-yan Zhu; Heyo Van Iten; Robt S. Cox; Yuan-long Zhao; Bernd-D. Erdtmann (2000). "Occurrence of Byronia Matthew and Sphenothallus Hall in the Lower Cambrian of China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 74 (3): 227–238. doi:10.1007/BF02988098. S2CID 140590999.
  2. ^ Van Iten, H.; Zhu, M. Y.; Collins, D. (2002). "First Report of Sphenothallus Hall, 1847 in the Middle Cambrian". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (5): 902–905. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0902:FROSHI>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1307202. S2CID 131018299.