Liwia is a genus of nektaspid[1] It includes the following species, both are known from borehole samples several kilometers in depth from the Zawiszyn Formation in Poland, which has also yielded Peytoia infercambriensis.
- Liwia plana Lendzion, 1975
- Liwia convexa Lendzion 1975
Liwia Temporal range: Early Cambrian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Order: | †Nektaspida |
Family: | †Liwiidae |
Genus: | †Liwia Dzik and Lendzion, 1988 |
Species | |
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References
edit- ^ Budd, G. E. (1999). "A nektaspid arthropod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna, with a description of retrodeformation based on functional morphology". Palaeontology. 42: 99–122. Bibcode:1999Palgy..42...99B. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00064. S2CID 128566745.