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Lyracystis

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Lyracystis
Temporal range: BUrgess SHale
Scientific classification
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Family:
Lyracystidae
Genus:
Lyracystis

Sprinkle & Collins 2006
Species:
L. 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

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  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.
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