Palaeobranchiostoma
Extinct genus of lancelets
Palaeobranchiostoma Temporal range: Kungurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Leptocardii |
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
- ^ a b 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]
- ^ Blieck, Alain. "At the origin of chordates." Geobios 25.1 (1992): 101-113.