Palaeobranchiostoma

Palaeobranchiostoma; Temporal range: Kungurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Cephalochordata
Class:	Leptocardii
Genus:	Palaeobranchiostoma; Oelofsen & Loock 1981
Type species
	Palaeobranchiostoma hamatoterga; Oelofsen & Loock 1981
Species
	P. hamatoterga Oelofsen & Loock 1981;

Palaeobranchiostoma hamatotergum is an extinct cephalochordate from the Early Permian-aged Whitehill Formation in South Africa.^[1] It is known from a single, 11 mm long specimen found in black shale.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Oelofsen, B. W., and J. C. Loock. "A FOSSIL CEPHALOCHORDATE FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN WHITEHILL FORMATION OF SOUTH-AFRICA." South African Journal of Science 77.4 (1981): 178-180. [1]
^ Blieck, Alain. "At the origin of chordates." Geobios 25.1 (1992): 101-113.

[oelock-1] Oelofsen, B. W., and J. C. Loock. "A FOSSIL CEPHALOCHORDATE FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN WHITEHILL FORMATION OF SOUTH-AFRICA." South African Journal of Science 77.4 (1981): 178-180. [1]

[2] Blieck, Alain. "At the origin of chordates." Geobios 25.1 (1992): 101-113.

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