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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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Marrellomorpha |
| Order: | †Marrellida |
| Family: | †Marrellidae |
| Genus: | †Marrella Walcott, 1912 |
| Species: | †M. splendens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Marrella splendens Walcott, 1912 | |
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