Myoscolex

Myoscolex
Temporal range: 517 Ma
Early Cambrian
Myoscolex ateles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Myoscolex
Type species
Myoscolex ateles
Glaessner, 1979

Myoscolex is an early animal known from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale in South Australia. It is of unknown affinity but has been interpreted as an annelid[1][2][3] and as an arthropod close to Opabinia.[4][5] Myoscolex is the earliest known example of phosphotized muscle tissue, and as to which shows distinct annulation.[5]

Myoscolex ateles was named by Glaessner in 1979.[5][1]

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  2. ^ Glaessner, M.F. (1979-01-01). "Lower Cambrian Crustacea and annelid worms from Kangaroo Island, South Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 3 (1): 21–31. Bibcode:1979Alch....3...21G. doi:10.1080/03115517908565437. ISSN 0311-5518.
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  4. ^ Briggs, D. E. G.; Nedin, C. (1997). "The Taphonomy and Affinities of the Problematic Fossil Myoscolex from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 71 (1): 22–32. Bibcode:1997JPal...71...22B. doi:10.1017/S0022336000038919. JSTOR 1306537. S2CID 131851540.
  5. ^ a b c J. Paterson, J. Jago, J. Gehling, D. García-Bellido, G. Edgecombe, Msy Lee (2008). "Early Cambrian Arthropods from the Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte, South Australia" (PDF). Advances in Trilobite Research.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)"Archival copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2018.