Barskovia
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Barskovia is a torted conical shell known from earliest Cambrian small skeletal fossils, interpreted as a helcionelloid.
| Barskovia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | †Helcionelloida |
| Order: | †Khairkhaniiformes |
| Family: | †Khairkhaniidae |
| Genus: | †Barskovia |
It has been found fossilized in the Platonovskaya Formation in Siberia. Due to its position in a deep layer of this rock formation, Barskovia is estimated to have occurred 541 million years ago at earliest.[1]
