Wiwaxia corrugata

---

Time: Cambrian Epoch 2 (~508 million years ago)

Region: British Columbia, Canada

Formation: Burgess Shale

Coloration Data

In Parker (1998), several specimens of Wiwaxia corrugata were investigated. Microscopic parallel grooves were identified on the surfaces of their sclerites; physically, these structures act as diffraction gratings identical to those responsible for structural iridescence in extant marine polychaetes.

Method: Electron microscopy.

Publications

• Parker A. R. (1998)
  A study of the coloration of Wiwaxia corrugata, Canadia spinosa, and Marrella splendens.

Documents and files

• Parker_1998.pdf (PDF)
  Paper by Parker (1998) on Wiwaxia corrugata, Canadia spinosa, and Marrella splendens.

Reconstructions

Fossils

Size comparison