Biology:Rhabdotubus
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Short description: Genus of marine worm-like animals
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| Class: | Pterobranchia
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| Genus: | Rhabdotubus
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The Lower-Middle Cambrian animal Rhabdotubus is the earliest known pterobranch.[1] It bears strong similarity to the graptolites - indeed for some time it was misclassified as a dendroid graptolite.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Bengtson, S.; Urbanek, A. (1986), "Rhabdotubus, a Middle Cambrian rhabdopleurid hemichordate", Lethaia 19 (4): 293–308, doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1986.tb00743.x, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120025616/abstract, retrieved 2009-06-06
- ↑ Maletz, J.; Steiner, M.; Fatka, O. (2005), "Middle Cambrian pterobranchs and the Question: What is a graptolite?", Lethaia 38 (1): 73–85, doi:10.1080/00241160510013204, http://www.informaworld.com/index/716084833.pdf, retrieved 2009-06-06
- ↑ Durman, P.N.; Sennikov, N.V. (1993), "A new rhabdopleurid hemichordate from the Middle Cambrian of Siberia", Palaeontology 36: 283, http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2036/Pages%20283-296.pdf, retrieved 2009-06-06
- ↑ Urbanek, A. (1994), "When is a pterobranch a graptolite?", Lethaia 27 (4): 324, doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1994.tb01582.x
Wikidata ☰ Q7320008 entry
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