Websteroprion

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Websteroprion
Temporal range: Late Emsian-Early Eifelian
~393.3 Ma
Photographs of Websteroprion armstrongi - Srep43061-f1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Genus: Websteroprion
Eriksson et al., 2017[1]
Species:
W. armstrongi
Binomial name
Websteroprion armstrongi
Eriksson et al., 2017[1]

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[]

  1. ^ 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.


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