Kenostrychus Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Sutton . M. D. . Briggs . D. E. G. . Siveter . D. J. . Siveter . D. J. . A three-dimensionally preserved fossil polychaete worm from the Silurian of Herefordshire, England . 10.1098/rspb.2001.1788 . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 268 . 1483 . 2355–2363 . 2001 . 11703876 . 1088887 .
  2. Briggs . Derek E. G. . Siveter . Derek J. . Siveter . David J. . Sutton . Mark D. . 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 . November–December 2008 . 96 . 6 . 474–481 . 10.1511/2008.75.474 . 27859237 . 27 October 2024.
  3. 10.1144/jgs2019-110 . The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: Fleshing out Silurian marine life . 2020 . Siveter . Derek J. . Briggs . Derek E. G. . Siveter . David J. . Sutton . Mark D. . Journal of the Geological Society . 177 . 1 . 1–13 . 2020JGSoc.177....1S .

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