Mazopherusa

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Mazopherusa
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Terebellida
Family: Flabelligeridae
Genus: Mazopherusa
Hay, 2002
Species:
M. prinosi
Binomial name
Mazopherusa prinosi
Hay, 2002

Mazopherusa is a genus of flabelligerid annelid worm, known only from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstatte;[1] it is the only bona fide fossil member of the family.

References[]

  1. ^ Hay, Andrew A. (2002). "Flabelligerida from the Francis Creek Shale of Illinois". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (4): 764–766. doi:10.1017/S0022336000042025. JSTOR 1307108.


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