#yawunik

Yawunik

Extinct genus of arthropods

Yawunik is an extinct genus of Cambrian megacheiran known from the Burgess Shale in Canada. The type species has been named Yawunik kootenayi after the Kootenay, both a geographic area and North American First Nation, also known as the Ktunaxa. The genus name is derived from Yawuʔnik̓, the name of a primordial sea monster in Ktunaxa mythology. The fossil dates back to 508 million years ago.

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