Websteroprion
Websteroprion | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Polychaeta |
Genus: | †Websteroprion Eriksson et al., 2017[1] |
Species: | †W. armstrongi
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Binomial name | |
†Websteroprion armstrongi Eriksson et al., 2017[1]
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Websteroprion ("Webster's saw") is a genus of eunicidan polychaete that lived during the middle Devonian period in what is now Canada. It contains a single species, W. armstrongi, recovered from the Kwataboahegan Formation.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Eriksson, Mats E.; Parry, Luke A.; Rudkin, David M. (February 2017). "Earth's oldest 'Bobbit worm' – gigantism in a Devonian eunicidan polychaete". Scientific Reports. 7 (2): 239–260. doi:10.1038/srep43061. PMC 5318920. PMID 28220886.
Categories:
- Devonian Canada
- Fossils of Canada
- Fossil taxa described in 2017
- Polychaete genera
- Annelid stubs