Pseudoperipatus

Pseudoperipatus; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Pseudoperipatus
Species:	†P. hintelmannae
Binomial name
	†Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae; Haug & Haug 2014[1]

Pseudoperipatus is a monospecific genus of annulated ecdysozoan worm known only from its posterior portion, from a single Burgess Shale specimen. Its rear termination ends in a pair of claw-like structures on 'appendages'.[1]

References

Haug, J. T.; Haug, C. (2014). "A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 274: 73. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441.

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[haug-1] Haug, J. T.; Haug, C. (2014). "A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 274: 73. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441.