Priapulites

Priapulites; Temporal range: Late Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Priapulida
Class:	Priapulimorpha
Order:	Priapulimorphida
Genus:	Priapulites
Species:	P. konecniorum
Binomial name
	Priapulites konecniorum; Schram, 1973

Last updated August 13, 2025

The fossil taxon Priapulites from the Mazon Creek^[1] 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]

References

↑ Schram, Frederick R. (1973). "Pseudocoelomates and a Nemertine from the Illinois Pennsylvanian". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (5): 985–989. JSTOR 1303083.
↑ Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.
↑ Conway Morris, Simon (1977). "Fossil Priapulid Worms". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 20: 1–95.

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[1] Schram, Frederick R. (1973). "Pseudocoelomates and a Nemertine from the Illinois Pennsylvanian". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (5): 985–989. JSTOR 1303083.

[Budd2000-2] Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.

[3] Conway Morris, Simon (1977). "Fossil Priapulid Worms". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 20: 1–95.

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