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| Esconites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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
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