Eokinorhynchus
| Eokinorhynchus rarus Temporal range: Cambrian, 535 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Stem group: | Kinorhyncha |
| Genus: | †Eokinorhynchus |
| Species: | †E. rarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eokinorhynchus rarus Zhang et al 2015[1] | |
Eokinorhynchus is a Cambrian ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch.[1] It is the first kinorhynch relative known from the fossil record.
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. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMC 4660871
. PMID 26610151.
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