Biology:Eokinorhynchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of small marine invertebrates
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Scalidophora |
| Stem group: | Kinorhyncha |
| Genus: | †Eokinorhynchus |
| Species: | †E. rarus
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| †Eokinorhynchus rarus Zhang et al 2015[1]
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Eokinorhynchus is a Fortunian (earliest Cambrian) ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch, which would make it by far the earliest and indeed only reported member of this group from the fossil record.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao et al. (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports 5: 16521. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMID 26610151. Bibcode: 2015NatSR...516521Z.
Wikidata ☰ Q21710909 entry
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