# Talk:Waukesha Biota

The majority of the Waukesha butterfly animal is about the biota and not the specimens, which has not been described formally, but only briefly mentioned and only called a "butterfly animal" once in passing.  Additionally the use of "butterfly animal is highly inaccurate and ambiguous, likely to lead reader to thinking its an undescribed butterfly.--Kevmin § 18:43, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

@Kevmin I have done that, and I also moved some of the info to the main biota article. Fossiladder13 (talk) 13:31, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

... that the Waukesha Biota, found in southeast Wisconsin, has possibly the oldest fossils of leeches in the fossil record? Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2396972
ALT1: ... that the Waukesha Biota was instrumental in the study of soft-bodied creatures, like this possible leech fossil from the site, from the early Paleozoic? Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018220300754
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Created by Fossiladder13 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:53, 18 January 2023 (UTC).