Priapulites
Extinct genus of priapulid worms
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Priapulites is a fossil priapulid from the Mazon Creek fossil beds.[1] It is the earliest-known crown-group priapulid, and is closely related to the Priapulidae.[2] A detailed description was conducted by Simon Conway Morris.[3]
| Priapulites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Priapulida |
| Class: | Priapulimorpha |
| Order: | Priapulimorphida |
| Genus: | †Priapulites Schram, 1973 |
| Species: | †P. konecniorum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Priapulites konecniorum Schram, 1973 | |
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