| Eokinorhynchus Temporal range: Cambrian, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Scalidophora |
| Stem group: | Kinorhyncha |
| Genus: | †Eokinorhynchus |
| Species: | †E. rarus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eokinorhynchus rarus Zhang et al 2015[1] | |
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.[1]
References
- 1 2 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.
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