Priapulites

Priapulites
Temporal range: Middle Pennsylvanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: Priapulimorpha
Order: Priapulimorphida
Genus: †Priapulites
Schram, 1973
Species:
†P. konecniorum
Binomial name
†Priapulites konecniorum
Schram, 1973

Priapulites is a fossil priapulid from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. It is the earliest-known crown-group priapulid, and is closely related to the Priapulidae. A detailed description was conducted by Simon Conway Morris.

References

  1. ↑ Schram, Frederick R. (1973). "Pseudocoelomates and a Nemertine from the Illinois Pennsylvanian". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (5): 985–989. JSTOR 1303083.
  2. ↑ Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.
  3. ↑ Conway Morris, Simon (1977). "Fossil Priapulid Worms". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 20: 1–95.