Palaeobranchiostoma

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]

Palaeobranchiostoma
Temporal range: Kungurian
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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

See also

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