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Phragmochaeta canicularis
Taxonomy
Phragmochaeta canicularis was named by Conway Morris and Peel (2008) [MGUH, The Geological Museum of the University of Copenhagen (Museum Geologicum Universitatis Hauniensis), now part of the Natural
History Museum of Denmark.]. Its type specimen is MGUH 28.886 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Phragmochaeta.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Phragmochaeta canicularis Conway Morris and Peel p. 144 figs. figs. 2-6 |
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†Phragmochaeta canicularis Conway Morris and Peel 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel 2008 | Medium−sized polychaete, ca. 20 segments. Notochaetae, simple, transverse across dorsum. Neuropodia lobate, neurochaetae oblique to body axis, otherwise similar to notochaetae. Chaetae possibly flattened, otherwise simple. At anterior both notochaetae and neurochaetae reduced in size, at posterior neurochaetae somewhat more elongate. Details of head not known. No jaws. Gut straight, flanked by
massive musculature. |