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BANFFIA
(banf-e-ah)
meaning: "From Banff"
Banffia
Named By: Charles Walcott in 1911
Time Period: Middle Cambrian
Location: Canada, Alberta - Burgess Shale
Size: Up to 10 centimetres long
Diet: Uncertain, but possibly a filter or deposit feeder
Fossil(s): Hundreds of individuals preserved flat upon shale
Classification: | Deuterostomia | Vetulicolia |
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Banffia is a genus of animals described from Middle Cambrian fossils. The genus commemorates Banff, Alberta, near where the first fossil specimens were discovered. Its placement in higher taxa is controversial.

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