| Palaeoconchus Temporal range: Late Ordovician–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Palaeoconchus minor Vinn, 2006 from Late Ordovician of Kõrgessaare, Hiiumaa, Estonia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Class: | Tentaculita† |
| Order: | Microconchida† |
| Genus: | Palaeoconchus† Vinn, 2006 |
Palaeoconchus is a genus of microconchid tubeworms. Their tubes have pseudopunctae penetrating the tube wall. Tubes lumen is smooth. Palaeoconchus occurs in the Late Ordovician of Baltica and Avalonia. In the Devonian it had a global distribution.
References
- ^ Vinn, O. (2006). "Two new microconchid (Tentaculita Bouček 1964) genera from the Early Palaeozoic of Baltoscandia and England". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2006 (2): 89–100. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/89.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Palaeoconchus | |