Palaeobranchiostoma

Palaeobranchiostoma
Temporal range: Kungurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Cephalochordata
Class: Leptocardii
Genus: Palaeobranchiostoma
Species: P. hamatotergum
Binomial name
Palaeobranchiostoma hamatotergum
Oelofsen & Loock, 1981

Palaeobranchiostoma hamatotergum is an extinct cephalochordate from the Early Permian-aged Whitehill Formation in South Africa.[1] It is known from a single, 11 mm long specimen found in black shale.[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Oelofsen, B. W., and J. C. Loock. "A FOSSIL CEPHALOCHORDATE FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN WHITEHILL FORMATION OF SOUTH-AFRICA." South African Journal of Science 77.4 (1981): 178-180.
  2. ↑ Blieck, Alain. "At the origin of chordates." Geobios 25.1 (1992): 101-113.
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