Mazopherusa
Appearance
Mazopherusa Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Order: | Terebellida |
Family: | Flabelligeridae |
Genus: | †Mazopherusa Hay, 2002 |
Species: | †M. prinosi
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Binomial name | |
†Mazopherusa prinosi Hay, 2002
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Mazopherusa is a genus of flabelligerid annelid worm, known only from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstatte;[1] it is the only bona fide fossil member of the family.
References
- ^ Hay, Andrew A. (2002). "Flabelligerida from the Francis Creek Shale of Illinois". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (4): 764–766. doi:10.1017/S0022336000042025. JSTOR 1307108.