Campanamuta
| Campanamuta Temporal range:
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| Fossil of Campanamuta with preserved musculature | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Genus: | †Campanamuta Budd, 2011 |
| Species: | †C. mantonae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Campanamuta mantonae Budd, 2011
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Campanamuta is a genus of artiopod from the Sirius Passet of Greenland. It contains one species, Campanamuta mantonae. This genus is known from around 40 specimens, mostly complete and preserving internal anatomy. It was likely a benthic predator, which lived in the twilight zone of the ocean.
Its name derives from the Latin words campana "bell" and mutus "dumb", in reference to the taxon's field name being "dumbbell". The species name mantonae honours Sidnie Manton, "one of the foremost arthropod workers of the 20th century".