Eokinorhynchus

Eokinorhynchus rarus Temporal range: Cambrian, 535 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Scalidophora
Stem group:	Kinorhyncha
Genus:	†Eokinorhynchus
Species:	† E. rarus
Binomial name
*Eokinorhynchus rarus* Zhang et al 2015^[1]

Eokinorhynchus is a Cambrian ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch.^[1] It is the first kinorhynch relative known from the fossil record.

References

1 2 Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao; Cao, Guohua (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports 5: 16521. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMID 26610151.

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