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Kenostrychus

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Kenostrychus
Temporal range: Homerian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Genus: Kenostrychus
Sutton et al., 2001
Species:
K. clementsi
Binomial name
Kenostrychus clementsi
Sutton et al., 2001

Kenostrychus is a monospecific genus of polychaete worms known from exceptional 3D fossils from the Silurian aged Herefordshire lagerstatte of England.[1][2] With 250 specimens known as of 2019, it is the most abundant non-arthropod fossil there.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sutton, M. D.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Siveter, D. J.; Siveter, D. J. (2001). "A three-dimensionally preserved fossil polychaete worm from the Silurian of Herefordshire, England". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1483): 2355–2363. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1788. PMC 1088887. PMID 11703876.
  2. ^ Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, Derek J.; Siveter, David J.; Sutton, Mark D. (November–December 2008). "Virtual Fossils from 425 Million-year-old Volcanic Ash: A set of exceptionally preserved but difficult-to-extract fossils reveals the diverse creatures from a Silurian sea-floor community". American Scientist. 96 (6): 474–481. doi:10.1511/2008.75.474. JSTOR 27859237. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  3. ^ Siveter, Derek J.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2020). "The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: Fleshing out Silurian marine life". Journal of the Geological Society. 177 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2020JGSoc.177....1S. doi:10.1144/jgs2019-110.