Myoscolex
Myoscolex is an early animal species known from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale in South Australia. It was interpreted as an annelid and some supports that theory, while it was also considered as an arthropod close to Opabinia, through other studies questions that interpretation. Myoscolex is the earliest known example of phosphotized muscle tissue, and as to which shows distinct annulation.
| Myoscolex Temporal range: Early Cambrian | |
|---|---|
| Myoscolex ateles | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Myoscolex |
| Type species | |
| †Myoscolex ateles Glaessner, 1979 | |
Myoscolex ateles was named by Glaessner in 1979.
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