Rotaciurca

Rotaciurca
Temporal range: Late Silurian, 420 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Order: Cephalodiscida
Family: Rotaciurcidae
Briggs & Mongiardino Koch, 2023
Genus: Rotaciurca
Briggs & Mongiardino Koch, 2023
Species:
R. superbus
Binomial name
Rotaciurca superbus
Briggs & Mongiardino Koch, 2023

Rotaciurca superbus is a Silurian cephalodiscid pterobranch, known from the Bertie Group of Ontario.[1][2]

  1. ^ Briggs, Derek E.G.; Mongiardino Koch, Nicolás (4 December 2023). "A Silurian pseudocolonial pterobranch". Current Biology. 33 (23): 5225–5232. Bibcode:2023CBio...33E5225B. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.024. PMID 37935193.
  2. ^ Shelton, Jim (2023-11-06). "The last turn of 'Ezekiel's Wheel' honors a Yale-affiliated fossil hunter". Retrieved 2024-04-22.