Iotuba
| Iotuba Temporal range: Chengjiang | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type specimen of Iotuba. From [1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Iotuba |
| Species: | †I. chengjiangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Iotuba chengjiangensis Chen et Zhou 1997 [1] | |
Iotuba chengjiangensis is a problematic Cambrian fossil with a U-shaped gut and tentacles, known from the Chengjiang biota. Originally interpreted as a phoronid, its affinity is currently disputed.[2] It, and the possibly-synonymous taxon Eophoronis, resemble the 'priapulid' Louisella.[3]
References
- 1 2 Chen, J.-Y.; Zhou, G.-Q. (1997). "Biology of the Chengjiang Fauna". Bull. Natl. Museum Nat. Sci. 10: 11–105.
- ↑ DY Huang; J Vannier; JY Chen (2004). "Anatomy and lifestyles of Early Cambrian priapulid worms exemplified by Corynetis and Anningvermis from the Maotianshan Shale (SW China)". Lethaia.
- ↑ Conway Morris, S. (2006). "Darwin's dilemma: the realities of the Cambrian 'explosion'". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 361 (1470): 1069–1083. PMC 1578734
. PMID 16754615. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1846. 
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.