Bunaia Explained
Bunaia is a genus of synziphosurine, a paraphyletic group of fossil chelicerate arthropods.[1] [2] Bunaia was tentatively placed as part of the clade Planaterga. The genus contains at least one species: Bunaia woodwardi from the Silurian period in Svalbard, Norway.[3] [4] Only a few morphological information of B. woodwardi had been confirmed, as the species known only from poorly preserved specimens compose of semicircular carapace, fragments of opisthosoma and disarticulated telson.[5] The placement of "Bunaia" heintzi (known only by a single carapace from the Silurian period in the United States) within this genus had been questioned and required further investigation.
Notes and References
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- Clarke. John M.. 1919-12-01. I.— Bunaia Woodwardi, a New Merostome from the Silurian Waterlimes of New York. Geological Magazine. 6. 12. 531–533. 10.1017/s0016756800202100. 1919GeoM....6..531C. 130214729 .
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