Priapulites

Priapulites Temporal range: Late Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Priapulida
Class:	Priapulimorpha
Order:	Priapulimorphida
Genus:	Priapulites
Species:	P. konecniorum
Binomial name
Priapulites konecniorum Schram, 1973

The fossil taxon Priapulites is the earliest-known crown-group priapulid, and is closely related to the Priapulidae.[1]

References

1. Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.