Eopriapulites

Eopriapulites; Temporal range: Early Cambrian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Eopriapulites
Species:	†E. sphinx
Binomial name
	†Eopriapulites sphinx; Liu et al 2014

Eopriapulites is an early taxon in the priapulid total group, known from orsten-type material at the Kuanchuanpu Formation of China.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Liu, Y.; Xiao, S.; Shao, T.; Broce, J.; Zhang, H. (2014). "The oldest known priapulid-like scalidophoran animal and its implications for the early evolution of cycloneuralians and ecdysozoans". Evolution & Development. 16 (3): 155. doi:10.1111/ede.12076. PMID 24754444. S2CID 205095219.

Tiequan, Shao; Yunhuan, LIU; Qi, Wang; Jun, DAI; Yanan, Zhang; Hanhua, Tang; Yongchun, Liang; Cheng, Chen; Bo, HU; Meng, WEI; Tingting, Yang (2016). "Eopriapulites Sphinx-The Oldest Priapulid-Like Scalidophoran Animal". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 90 (4): 1537. Bibcode:2016AcGlS..90.1537S. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12785. S2CID 132301187.
Shao, Tie-Quan; Liu, Yun-Huan; Wang, Qi; Zhang, Hua-Qiao; Tang, Han-Hua; Li, Yuan (2016). "New material of the oldest known scalidophoran animal Eopriapulites sphinx". Palaeoworld. 25: 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2015.07.003.

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