Protechiurus edmondsi is a species of fossil animal from the Ediacaran Nama group of Namibia. It was initially interpreted as an echiurid worm.[1] It has been placed as a "vendobiont", on the hypothesis that the Edicarian fauna represent a distinct phylum.[4] It has also been suggested that it may be an ecdysozoan.[5]
| Protechiurus Temporal range: Ediacaran,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | †Protechiuridae |
| Genus: | †Protechiurus Glaessner, 1979 |
| Species: | †P. edmondsi
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| †Protechiurus edmondsi Glaessner, 1979[1]
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The identity of P. edmondsi identity is still unclear, as originally, Martin Glaessner put it into the worm phylum Echiura, family Echiuridae.[6] Although Runnegar though that it was actually a Dubiofossil, although other palaeontologists have suggested that it may be a Proto-Chordate.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Glaessner, M. F. (1979). "An echiurid worm from the Late Precambrian". Lethaia. 12 (2): 121–124. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb00991.x.
- ^ Seilacher, A. (2007). "The nature of vendobionts". In: Vickers-Rich, P. and Komarower, P., eds., The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota, Geological Society of London Special Publications 286, p. 387-397
- ^ Ivantsov, A. Yu.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Zakrevskaya, M. A.; Hall, M. (2019). "Conical Thecae of Precambrian Macroorganisms". Paleontological Journal. 53 (11): 1134–1146. doi:10.1134/S0031030119110054. S2CID 212642725.
- ^ Buss, L. W.; Seilacher, A. (1994). "The Phylum Vendobionta: A Sister Group of the Eumetazoa?". Paleobiology. 20 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/S0094837300011088. S2CID 89131248.
- ^ Dzik, Jerzy (2003). "Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 114–126. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114. PMID 21680416.
- ^ a b Fedonkin, Mikhail A.; Sciences), Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of; Gehling, James G.; Museum), James G. (Senior Curator Gehling, retired 6 27 2019 South Australian; Grey, Kathleen; Narbonne, Guy M.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; University), Patricia (Director Vickers-Rich, Monash (Mar 16, 2007). The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801886799. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Google Books.
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