Ainiktozoon
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Ainiktozoon loganense ("Logan's enigmatic animal", from αἰνικτός (aíniktós, "riddling, enigmatical"), ζωόν living thing), is a fossil arthropod from the Silurian of Scotland.[1] It was found at the Birk Knowes site, part of the Patrick Burn Formation, near Lesmahagow.[2] Originally described as an early chordate,[3] recent studies suggest that it was in fact an arthropod, more precisely a thylacocephalan crustacean.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Thylacocephala |
| Order: | †Concavicarida |
| Genus: | †Ainiktozoon Scourfield, 1937 |
| Species: | †A. loganense |
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| †Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield, 1937 | |
