Esconites

Esconites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Eunicida
Family: Eunicidae
Genus: †
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

  1. ^ 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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