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Kenostrychus Temporal range: Homerian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Genus:	†Kenostrychus Sutton et al., 2001
Species:	†K. clementsi
Binomial name
†Kenostrychus clementsi Sutton et al., 2001

Kenostrychus is a monospecific genus of polychaete worms known from exceptional 3D fossils from the Silurian aged Herefordshire lagerstatte of England. With 250 specimens known as of 2019, it is the most abundant non-arthropod fossil there.

References

1. Sutton, M. D.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Siveter, D. J.; Siveter, D. J. (2001). "A three-dimensionally preserved fossil polychaete worm from the Silurian of Herefordshire, England". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1483): 2355–2363. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1788. PMC 1088887. PMID 11703876.
2. Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, Derek J.; Siveter, David J.; Sutton, Mark D. (November–December 2008). "Virtual Fossils from 425 Million-year-old Volcanic Ash: A set of exceptionally preserved but difficult-to-extract fossils reveals the diverse creatures from a Silurian sea-floor community". American Scientist. 96 (6): 474–481. doi:10.1511/2008.75.474. JSTOR 27859237. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
3. Siveter, Derek J.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Siveter, David J.; Sutton, Mark D. (2020). "The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: Fleshing out Silurian marine life". Journal of the Geological Society. 177 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2020JGSoc.177....1S. doi:10.1144/jgs2019-110.

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