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Pseudopelagiella

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Genus:†Pseudopelagiella
Landing, Geyer, Jirkov & Schiaparelli, 2021[1]
Species:
†P. exigua
Pseudopelagiella
Temporal range: 512 Ma
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Fossil of "Pelagiella" exigua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida (?)
Genus: †Pseudopelagiella
Landing, Geyer, Jirkov & Schiaparelli, 2021[1]
Species:
†P. exigua
Binomial name
†Pseudopelagiella exigua
(Resser & Howell, 1938)[2]

Pseudopelagiella is a genus established by Landing Ed. to separate the chaetose members that were previously assigned to Pelagiella.[3] It may be invalid.[4]

The only species in the genus, Pseudopelagiella exigua, was originally described as Pelagiella exigua.[5]

Fossilized groups of Pseudopelagiella
Internal reconstruction of Pseudopelagiella exigua when it was still part of Pelagiella as a mollusk with a U-shaped gut with setae.
Reconstruction of Pseudopelagiella in 3D.

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