Paraselkirkia

Paraselkirkia
Temporal range: Chengjiang
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Stem group:Priapulida (?)
Class:Archaeopriapulida
Genus:Sicyophorus
Species: S. rara
Binomial name
Sicyophorus rara
Luo & Hu 1999

Paraselkirkia is a genus of archaeopriapulid known from the Chengjiang biota, resembling Selkirkia.[1][2]

References

  1. Smith, M. R.; Harvey, T. H. P.; Butterfield, N. J. (2015). "The macro- and microfossil record of the Cambrian priapulid Ottoia". Palaeontology. 58: 705–721. doi:10.1111/pala.12168.
  2. "Genus Paraselkirkia". The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China: The Flowering of Early Animal Life. Retrieved 2015-11-08.


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