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Amiskwia
Sign in to saveAmiskwia is a genus of soft-bodied marine animals known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan Province, China. It is interpreted as a member of the clade Gnathifera sensu lato or as a basal cucullophoran.
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Amiskwia is a genus of soft-bodied marine animals known from fossils of the Middle Cambrian Lagerstätten both in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada and the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan Province, China. It is interpreted as a member of the clade Gnathifera sensu lato or as a basal cucullophoran.
== Etymology == The scientific name Amiskwia sagittiformis derives from the Cree amiskwi, "beavertail", a name of various objects in Yoho National Park, and from the Latin sagitta ("arrow") and formis ("shape"), in reference to the general appearance of the animal. "Sinica", of A. sinica, refers to that species' origin from China.