Biology:Palaeobranchiostoma

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Short description: Extinct genus of lancelets

Palaeobranchiostoma
Temporal range: Kungurian
Palaeobranchiostoma hamatotergum.jpg
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Leptocardii
Order: Amphioxiformes
Family: Branchiostomatidae
Genus: Palaeobranchiostoma
Oelofsen & Loock 1981
Species:
P. hamatoterga
Binomial name
Palaeobranchiostoma hamatoterga
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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. [1]
  2. Blieck, Alain. "At the origin of chordates." Geobios 25.1 (1992): 101-113.

Wikidata ☰ Q30594213 entry