Banffidae Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
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Artist restoration of Banffia constricta. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | †Vetulicolia |
Class: | †Banffozoa Caron, 2006 |
Order: | †Banffiata Aldridge et al., 2007 |
Family: | †Banffidae Caron, 2006 |
Type genus | |
†Banffia Walcott, 1911
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Genera | |
Banffidae is an extinct family of vetulicolians that is the only family of the order Banffiata and class Banffozoa, also known as Heteromorphida. It contains the genera Banffia, Heteromorphus, and Skeemella.[1][2] Banffids differ from vetulicolians of the class Vetulicolida in having a posterior body section with numerous segments, rather than the seven-segmented posterior body of vetulicolidans.