Skania

Skania is a Cambrian fossil arthropod. The type species, S. fragillis, is known from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. A second possible species "S." sundbergi is known from the Kaili Formation of China, but its placement within the genus has been questioned.

Skania
Temporal range:
Illustration of Skania fragilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Marrellomorpha
Order: Acercostraca
Genus: Skania
Walcott, 1931
Species
  • S. fragilis Walcott, 1931
  • "S." sundbergi Lin et al. 2006
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