Pseudopelagiella

Pseudopelagiella Temporal range: 512  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of "Pelagiella" exigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

References

1. "Pseudopelagiella Landing, Geyer, Jirkov & Schiaparelli, 2021". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. "Pseudopelagiella exigua (Resser & Howell, 1938)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. Landing, Ed; Geyer, Gerd; Jirkov, Igor A.; Schiaparelli, Stefano (2021). "Lophotrochozoa in the Cambrian evolutionary radiation and the Pelagiella problem". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 2227–2244. Bibcode:2021PPal....7.2227L. doi:10.1002/spp2.1396. S2CID   239642828.
4. Runnegar, Bruce; Gehling, James G.; Jensen, Sören; Saltzman, Matthew R. (2024). "Ediacaran paleobiology and biostratigraphy of the Nama Group, Namibia, with emphasis on the erniettomorphs, tubular and trace fossils, and a new sponge, Arimasia germsi n. gen. n. sp". Journal of Paleontology. 98 (S94): 1–59. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.81. ISSN   0022-3360.
5. Thomas, Roger D. K.; Runnegar, Bruce; Matt, Kerry (July 2020). Sigwart, Julia (ed.). "Pelagiella exigua, an early Cambrian stem gastropod with chaetae: lophotrochozoan heritage and conchiferan novelty". Palaeontology. 63 (4): 601–627. doi:10.1111/pala.12476. ISSN   0031-0239.