Priapulites
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Priapulida |
| Class: | Priapulimorpha |
| Order: | Priapulimorphida |
| Genus: | Priapulites |
| Species: | P. konecniorum
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| Priapulites konecniorum Schram, 1973
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The fossil taxon Priapulites from the Mazon Creek[1] is the earliest-known crown-group priapulid, and is closely related to the Priapulidae.[2] A detailed description was conducted by Simon Conway Morris[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Schram, Frederick R. (1973). "Pseudocoelomates and a Nemertine from the Illinois Pennsylvanian". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (5): 985–989. JSTOR 1303083.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Conway Morris, Simon (1977). "Fossil Priapulid Worms". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 20: 1–95.
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