Protechiurus Explained

Protechiurus edmondsi is a species of fossil animal from the Ediacaran Nama group of Namibia. It was initially interpreted as an echiurid worm.^[1] It has been placed as a "vendobiont", on the hypothesis that the Edicarian fauna represent a distinct phylum.^[2] It has also been suggested that it may be an ecdysozoan.^[3]

The identity of P. edmondsi identity is still unclear, as originally, Martin Glaessner put it into the worm phylum Echiura, family Echiuridae.^[4] Although Runnegar though that it was actually a Dubiofossil, although other palaeontologists have suggested that it may be a Proto-Chordate.^[4]

See also

• Vendoconularia
• List of Ediacaran genera

Notes and References

1. Glaessner . M. F. . An echiurid worm from the Late Precambrian . 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1979.tb00991.x . Lethaia . 12 . 2 . 121–124 . 1979 .
2. Buss . L. W. . Seilacher . A. . The Phylum Vendobionta: A Sister Group of the Eumetazoa? . Paleobiology . 20 . 1 . 1–4 . 10.1017/S0094837300011088. 1994 . 89131248 .
3. Dzik . Jerzy . 2003 . Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities . Integrative and Comparative Biology . 43 . 1 . 114–126 . 10.1093/icb/43.1.114 . 21680416. free .
4. Book: The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia. Mikhail A.. Fedonkin. Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of. Sciences). James G.. Gehling. James G. (Senior Curator Gehling, retired 6 27 2019 South Australian. Museum). Kathleen. Grey. Guy M.. Narbonne. Patricia. Vickers-Rich. Patricia (Director Vickers-Rich, Monash. University). Mar 16, 2007. JHU Press. 9780801886799. June 27, 2022. Google Books.