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Priapulites

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Extinct genus of priapulid worms

Priapulites
Temporal range: Late Pennsylvanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: Priapulimorpha
Order: Priapulimorphida
Genus: Priapulites
Species: P. konecniorum
Binomial name
Priapulites konecniorum
Schram, 1973

The fossil taxon Priapulites is the earliest-known crown-group priapulid, and is closely related to the Priapulidae.

References

  1. Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.
Taxon identifiers
Priapulites


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