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Singuuriqia simoni

Taxonomy
Singuuriqia simoni was named by Peel (2017). Its type specimen is MGUH 28900, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sirius Passet Lagerstaette, Buen Formation, Greenland - Williams et. al 1996, which is in an Atdabanian/Caerfai offshore ramp mudstone in the Buen Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Singuuriqia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Singuuriqia simoni Peel p. 798 figs. Figures 1–3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
RankNameAuthor
Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
Archaeopriapulida
genusSinguuriqia
speciessimoni

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Singuuriqia simoni Peel 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. S. Peel 2017Smooth, slender, worm in which the longitudi- nally folded, broad, sack-like foregut narrows forward into an extensible pharynx bearing pharyngeal teeth; posterior gut longitudinally folded. Trunk parallel-sided, passing anteriorly into a slightly expanded, ovoid, proboscis with- out scalids and seemingly lacking zonation; transverse cuticular ridges, dermal sclerites and spines not present.