Sekwitubulus

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Sekwitubulus
Temporal range: Ediacaran
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Domain: Incertae sedis
Genus: Sekwitubulus
Carbone, Narbonne, Macdonald, and Boag, 2015
Species:
S. annulatus
Binomial name
Sekwitubulus annulatus
Carbone, Narbonne, Macdonald, and Boag, 2015

Sekwitubulus annulatus is an Ediacaran tubular fossil from the Blueflower Formation in Canada. [1] Sekwitubulus is a monotypic genus, containing only the single species. [1] S. annulatus is possibly a type of annelid worm. [1] The name derives from the area the type specimen was found, Sekwi. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Carbone, Calla A.; Narbonne, Guy M.; Macdonald, Francis A.; Boag, Thomas H. (March 2015). "New Ediacaran fossils from the uppermost Blueflower Formation, northwest Canada: disentangling biostratigraphy and paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (2): 281–291. Bibcode:2015JPal...89..281C. doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.25. ISSN   0022-3360. S2CID   131344652.