Pseudoperipatus

Pseudoperipatus
Temporal range: Miaolingian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: †
Species:
†P. hintelmannae
Binomial name
†Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae
Haug & Haug 2014[1]

Pseudoperipatus is a monospecific genus of annulated ecdysozoan worm known only from its posterior portion, from a single Burgess Shale specimen. Its rear termination ends in a pair of claw-like structures on 'appendages'.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Haug, J. T.; Haug, C. (2014). "A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 274: 73–79. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441.


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