Eokinorhynchus

Eokinorhynchus rarus
Temporal range: Cambrian, 535 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Kinorhyncha
Genus: Eokinorhynchus
Species: E. rarus
Binomial name
Eokinorhynchus rarus
Zhang et al 2015[1]

Eokinorhynchus is a Cambrian ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch.[1] It is the first kinorhynch relative known from the fossil record.

References

  1. 1 2 Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao; Cao, Guohua (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports. 5: 16521. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMC 4660871Freely accessible. PMID 26610151.


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