Worthenella

Worthenella is a genus of stem-group arthropod from the Burgess Shale.[2] Charles Doolittle Walcott named the species in 1911. In 2013, David Legg placed it in the family Kootenichelidae as a sister to Kootenichela.[3]

Worthenella Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type specimen of W. cambria in shale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Megacheira
Family:	†Kootenichelidae
Genus:	†Worthenella Walcott, 1911[1]
Type species
Worthenella cambria Walcott, 1911[1]

References

1. Walcott, Charles D. (1911). "Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II. Middle Cambrian annelids". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 57 (5): 125–127. hdl:10088/34820Pl. 22, Fig. 2.
2. "Worthenella cambria". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
3. Legg, David (2013). "Multi-Segmented Arthropods from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia (Canada)". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (3): 493–501. doi:10.1666/12-112.1. S2CID 86725173.