Protechiurus

Protechiurus; Temporal range: Ediacaran, 547.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Family:
Genus:	Proteciurus; Glaessner, 1979
Species:	P. edmondsi
Binomial name
	Proteciurus edmondsi; Glaessner, 1979
Synonyms
	Vendoglossa Seilacher, 2007 V. tuberculata Seilacher, 2007;

Proteciurus is a fossil from the Ediacaran Nama group. It was initially interpreted as an echiurid worm.^[1] It has been placed as a "vendobiont", on the hypothesis that the Edicarian fauna represent a distinct phylum.^[4] It has also been suggested that it may be an ecdysozoan.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Glaessner, M. F. (1979). "An echiurid worm from the Late Precambrian". Lethaia. 12 (2): 121–124. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb00991.x.
^ Seilacher, A. (2007). "The nature of vendobionts". In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P., eds., The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota, Geological Society of London Special Publications 286, p. 387-397
^ Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Zakrevskaya, M. A.; Hall, M. (2019). "Conical Thecae of Precambrian Macroorganisms". Paleontological Journal. 53 (11): 1134–1146. doi:10.1134/S0031030119110054.
^ Buss, L. W.; Seilacher, A. (1994). "The Phylum Vendobionta: A Sister Group of the Eumetazoa?". Paleobiology. 20 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/S0094837300011088.
^ Dzik, Jerzy (2003). "Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 114–126. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114. PMID 21680416.

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[Glaessner1979-1] Glaessner, M. F. (1979). "An echiurid worm from the Late Precambrian". Lethaia. 12 (2): 121–124. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb00991.x.

[Seilacher_2007-2] Seilacher, A. (2007). "The nature of vendobionts". In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P., eds., The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota, Geological Society of London Special Publications 286, p. 387-397

[Ivantsov_2019-3] Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Zakrevskaya, M. A.; Hall, M. (2019). "Conical Thecae of Precambrian Macroorganisms". Paleontological Journal. 53 (11): 1134–1146. doi:10.1134/S0031030119110054.

[Buss1994-4] Buss, L. W.; Seilacher, A. (1994). "The Phylum Vendobionta: A Sister Group of the Eumetazoa?". Paleobiology. 20 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/S0094837300011088.

[Dzik03-5] Dzik, Jerzy (2003). "Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 114–126. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114. PMID 21680416.

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