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Eokinorhynchus

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Extinct genus of small marine invertebrates

Eokinorhynchus
Temporal range: Cambrian, 535 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype of Eokinorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Scalidophora
Stem group: Kinorhyncha
Genus: †Eokinorhynchus
Species: †E. rarus
Binomial name
†Eokinorhynchus rarus
Zhang et al 2015

Eokinorhynchus is a Fortunian (earliest Cambrian) ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch, which would make it by far the earliest and indeed only reported member of this group from the fossil record.

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao; Cao, Guohua (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports. 5: 16521. Bibcode:2015NatSR...516521Z. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMC 4660871. PMID 26610151.
Taxon identifiers
Eokinorhynchus


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