Peronochaeta

Peronochaeta is a genus of annelid known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 19 specimens of Peronochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.^[1] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979)^[2] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004).^[3]

Peronochaeta Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Family:	†Peronochaetidae Conway Morris, 1979
Genus:	†Peronochaeta Conway Morris, 1979
Species:	†P. dubia
Binomial name
Peronochaeta dubia (Walcott, 1911)
Synonyms
Canadia dubia Walcott, 1911