Habelia

Habelia
Temporal range:
Life restoration
Fossils of Habelia optata
Scientific classification
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Phylum:
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Order:
Family:
Habeliidae
Genus:
Habelia

Walcott, 1912
Species:
H. optata
Binomial name
Habelia optata
Walcott, 1912

Habelia is a genus of extinct arthropod from the Middle Cambrian, thought to be one of the earliest known relatives of chelicerates. Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Fifty-four specimens of Habelia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.1% of the community.

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