Eopriapulites

Eopriapulites sphinx
Temporal range: Early Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Eopriapulites
Species:  E. sphinx
Binomial name
Eopriapulites sphinx
Liu et al 2014

An early taxon in the priapulid total group, known from the Kuanchuanpu formation of China.[1]

References

  1. Liu, Y.; Xiao, S.; Shao, T.; Broce, J.; Zhang, H. (2014). "The oldest known priapulid-like scalidophoran animal and its implications for the early evolution of cycloneuralians and ecdysozoans". Evolution & Development 16 (3): 155. doi:10.1111/ede.12076.
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