Pseudoperipatus
Pseudoperipatus Temporal range: Miaolingian
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Pseudoperipatus |
Species: | †P. hintelmannae
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Binomial name | |
†Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae Haug & Haug 2014[1]
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Pseudoperipatus is a monospecific genus of annulated ecdysozoan worm known only from its posterior portion, from a single Burgess Shale specimen. Its rear termination ends in a pair of claw-like structures on 'appendages'.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Haug, J. T.; Haug, C. (2014). "A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 274: 73. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441.
Categories:
- Prehistoric protostome genera
- Protostome enigmatic taxa
- Burgess Shale fossils
- Fossil taxa described in 2014
- Prehistoric protostome stubs