Shergoldana
| Shergoldana Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Cycloneuralia |
| Genus: | †Shergoldana Maas, Waloszek, Haug & Müller, 2007[1] |
| Species: | †S. australensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Shergoldana australensis Maas, Waloszek, Haug & Müller, 2007 | |
Shergoldana is an extinct genus of fossil bilaterian worm-like organisms known from the Middle Cambrian of Australia. It is described as having common features with Nemathelminthes, with a possible relation to an adult kinorhynch[2] or to the larval stage of a palaeoscolecid worm.[3] It has been described as the first occurrence of a free living cycloneuralian from the Cambrian period.
References
- ↑ "Shergoldana Maas, Waloszek, Haug & Müller, 2007". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ↑ Maas, A.; Waloszek, D.; Haug, J.T.; Müller, K.J. (2007). "A possible larval roundworm from the Cambrian 'Orsten' and its bearing on the phylogeny of Cycloneuralia". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 34: 499–519. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ Peel, J. S.; Stein, M.; Kristensen, R. M. (2013). "Life Cycle and Morphology of a Cambrian Stem-Lineage Loriciferan". PLOS ONE. 8 (8) e73583. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...873583P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073583. PMC 3749095. PMID 23991198.