Myoscolex
Myoscolex | |
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Myoscolex ateles | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | †Dinocaridida |
Order: | †Radiodonta |
Family: | †Opabiniidae (?) |
Genus: | †Myoscolex |
Myoscolex is an early animal species known from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale in South Australia. Originally interpreted as an annelid, it seems to be an arthropod; the possible presence of an Opabinia-like nozzle suggests a plausible relationship with that species.[1]
References
- ↑ Briggs, D. E. G.; Nedin, C. (1997). "The Taphonomy and Affinities of the Problematic Fossil Myoscolex from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 71 (1): 22–32. doi:10.2307/1306537. JSTOR 1306537.
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