Lyracystis

Lyracystis
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Scientific classification
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Family:
Lyracystidae

Sprinkle & Collins, 2006
Genus:
Lyracystis

Sprinkle & Collins, 2006
Species:
L. radiata
Binomial name
Lyracystis radiata
(Sprinkle 1973) Sprinkle & Collins 2006[1]
Synonyms

Gogia? radiata Sprinkle 1973

Lyracystis radiata is an extinct genus of Cambrian eocrinoid echinoderm, fossils of which are known from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. It is related to Gogia.

References

  1. ^ Sprinkle, J.; Collins, D. (2006). "New eocrinoids from the Burgess Shale, southern British Columbia, Canada, and the Spence Shale, northern Utah, USA". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 43: 303–322. Bibcode:2006CaJES..43..303S. doi:10.1139/E05-107.