オパビニアの化石を初めて発見したのは誰？
Charles Doolittle Walcott found in the Burgess Shale nine almost complete fossils of "Opabinia regalis" and a few of what he classified as "Opabinia media", and published a description of all of these in 1912. The generic name is derived from Opabin pass between Mount Hungabee and Mount Biddle, southeast of Lake O'Hara, British Columbia, Canada. In 1966–1967 Harry B. Whittington found another good specimen, and in 1975 he published a detailed description based on very thorough dissection of some specimens and photographs of these specimens lit from a variety of angles. Whittington's analysis did not cover "Opabinia media": Walcott's specimens of this species could not be identified in his collection. In 1960 Russian paleontologists described specimens they found in the Norilsky region of Siberia and labelled "Opabinia norilica", but these fossils were poorly preserved, and Whittington did not feel they provided enough information to be classified as members of the genus "Opabinia".
Charles Doolittle Walcott