Esconites
Esconites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Eunicida |
Family: | Eunicidae |
Genus: | †Esconites |
Species: | †E. zelus |
Binomial name | |
†Esconites zelus Thompson & Johnson 1977 |
Esconites is a genus of eunicid polychaete known from concretions in the Carboniferous Mazon Creek biota (Essex fauna).[1]
It reaches 4–14 cm in length and has 23-80 segments and distinctive jaw elements.
References
[edit]- ^ Thompson, I., & Johnson, R. G. (1977). New fossil polychaete from Essex, Illinois. Fieldiana. Geology, 33(25), 471–487. http://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5176