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Genus of fossil animals

Protechiurus
Temporal range: Ediacaran, 547.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: †Protechiuridae
Genus: †Protechiurus
Glaessner, 1979
Species: †P. edmondsi
Binomial name
†Protechiurus edmondsi
Glaessner, 1979
Synonyms
  • ✝Vendoglossa Seilacher, 2007
  • ✝V. tuberculata Seilacher, 2007

Protechiurus edmondsi is a species of fossil animal from the Ediacaran Nama group of Namibia. It was initially interpreted as an echiurid worm. It has been placed as a "vendobiont", on the hypothesis that the Edicarian fauna represent a distinct phylum. It has also been suggested that it may be an ecdysozoan.

The identity of P. edmondsi identity is still unclear, as originally, Martin Glaessner put it into the worm phylum Echiura, family Echiuridae. Although Runnegar though that it was actually a Dubiofossil, although other palaeontologists have suggested that it may be a Proto-Chordate.

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References

  1. ^ Glaessner, M. F. (1979). "An echiurid worm from the Late Precambrian". Lethaia. 12 (2): 121–124. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb00991.x.
  2. Seilacher, A. (2007). "The nature of vendobionts". In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P., eds., The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota, Geological Society of London Special Publications 286, p. 387-397
  3. Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Zakrevskaya, M. A.; Hall, M. (2019). "Conical Thecae of Precambrian Macroorganisms". Paleontological Journal. 53 (11): 1134–1146. doi:10.1134/S0031030119110054. S2CID 212642725.
  4. Buss, L. W.; Seilacher, A. (1994). "The Phylum Vendobionta: A Sister Group of the Eumetazoa?". Paleobiology. 20 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/S0094837300011088. S2CID 89131248.
  5. Dzik, Jerzy (2003). "Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 114–126. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114. PMID 21680416.
  6. ^ Fedonkin, Mikhail A.; Sciences), Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of; Gehling, James G.; Museum), James G. (Senior Curator Gehling, retired 6 27 2019 South Australian; Grey, Kathleen; Narbonne, Guy M.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; University), Patricia (Director Vickers-Rich, Monash (Mar 16, 2007). The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801886799. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Taxon identifiers
Protechiurus


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