Pahvantia
Sign in to savePahvantia is an extinct genus of hurdiid radiodont from the Cambrian period. It is known by a single species, Pahvantia hastata, described from Wheeler Shale and Marjum Formation in Utah. Although it was once considered as a filter feeder based on the large number of putative setae on the frontal appendage, these structures were later interpreted as fossil material of the "trunk" section.
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It sits within the topics Cambrian arthropods, Cambrian genus extinctions and Fossil taxa described in 1981.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Description
- Interpretation of frontal appendage
- Palaeoecology
- References
Pahvantia is an extinct genus of hurdiid radiodont from the Cambrian period. It is known by a single species, Pahvantia hastata, described from Wheeler Shale and Marjum Formation in Utah. Although it was once considered as a filter feeder based on the large number of putative setae on the frontal appendage, these structures were later interpreted as fossil material of the "trunk" section.
== Description ==
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