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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Panarthropoda |
| Phylum: | †"Lobopodia" |
| Clade: | †Hallucishaniids |
| Family: | †Hallucigeniidae |
| Genus: | †Carbotubulus Haug et al., 2012[1] |
| Species: | †C. waloszeki
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| †Carbotubulus waloszeki Haug et al., 2012
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Carbotubulus is a genus of extinct worm belonging to the group Lobopodia and known from the Carboniferous Carbondale Formation of the Mazon Creek area in Illinois, US. A monotypic genus, it contains one species Carbotubulus waloszeki.[1] It was discovered and described by Joachim T. Haug, Georg Mayer, Carolin Haug, and Derek E.G. Briggs in 2012.[2] With an age of about 300 million years, it is the first long-legged lobopodian discovered after the period of Cambrian explosion.[3]
- ^ a b Haug, Joachim T.; Mayer, Georg; Haug, Carolin; Briggs, Derek E. G. (2012). "A Carboniferous Non-Onychophoran Lobopodian Reveals Long-Term Survival of a Cambrian Morphotype". Current Biology. 22 (18): 1673–1675. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.066. PMID 22885062.
- ^ "IRMNG taxon details: Carbotubulus". www.irmng.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Black, Riley (2012-08-17). "The Long-Lived Legacy of the Cambrian's "Wonderful Life"". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.