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Eokinorhynchus rarus
Taxonomy
Eokinorhynchus rarus was named by Zhang et al. (2015). Its type specimen is NIGP160400, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinli [Xinli Mbr, Dengying Fm], which is in a Cambrian marine horizon in the Dengying Formation of China. It is the type species of Eokinorhynchus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Eokinorhynchus rarus Zhang et al. p. 2 figs. Fig. 1 |
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†Eokinorhynchus rarus Zhang et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. Zhang et al. 2015 | Worm-like animal composed of a head, a neck region, and a trunk. Head consists of an introvert with pentaradially arranged hollow scalids and a pharynx with octaradially arranged teeth. Neck region covered with 5 circlets of neck scalids. Trunk has at least 20 annuli and each annulus is covered with a circlet of tightly sutured small plates and armored with spinose sclerites. Five pairs of large spinose sclerites are bilaterally arranged and a single large spinose sclerite is midventrally located. Two pairs of caudal spines are located slightly ventral to the terminal anus. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Early/Lower Cambrian or 538.80000 to 509.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cambrian | China (Sichuan) | Eokinorhynchus rarus (type locality: 86617) |