Eokinorhynchus

Eokinorhynchus; Temporal range: Cambrian, 535 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Scalidophora
Stem group:	Kinorhyncha
Genus:	†Eokinorhynchus
Species:	†E. rarus
Binomial name
	†Eokinorhynchus rarus; Zhang et al 2015

Eokinorhynchus is a Fortunian (earliest Cambrian) ecdysozoan known from three fossils. It is interpreted as a stem-group Kinorhynch, which would make it by far the earliest and indeed only reported member of this group from the fossil record.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao; Cao, Guohua (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports. 5: 16521. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMC 4660871. PMID 26610151.

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[Zhang2015-1] Zhang, Huaqiao; Xiao, Shuhai; Liu, Yunhuan; Yuan, Xunlai; Wan, Bin; Muscente, A. D.; Shao, Tiequan; Gong, Hao; Cao, Guohua (2015). "Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian". Scientific Reports. 5: 16521. doi:10.1038/srep16521. PMC 4660871. PMID 26610151.

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