Ainiktozoon

Name: Ainiktozoon.
Phonetic: Ay-nik-to-zoon.
Named By: D.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Scourfield‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.
Classification: Arthropoda,‭ ‬Crustacea,‭ ‬Thylacocephala,‭ ‬Concavicarida.
Species: A.‭ ‬loganense‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Detritivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Scotland.
Time period: Silurian.
Fossil representation: Individuals preserved flat on rock slabs.

       Ainiktozoon is an ancient crustacean noted for having a significantly large carapace.

Further reading
-‭ ‬An anomalous fossil organism,‭ ‬possibly a new type of chordate,‭ ‬from the Upper Silurian of Lesmahagow,‭ ‬Lanarkshire‭ – ‬Ainiktozoon loganense,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B‭ ‬121‭ (‬825‭)‬:‭ ‬533‭–‬547.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Scourfield‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.
-‭ ‬Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield,‭ ‬a protochordate‭? ‬from the Silurian of Scotland.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alcheringa‭ ‬9‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬117‭–‬142.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Ritchie‭ ‬-‭ ‬1985.
-‭ ‬The fossil Ainiktozoon is an arthropod.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nature‭ ‬385‭ (‬6617‭)‬:‭ ‬589‭–‬590.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wim van der Brugghen,‭ ‬Frederick R.‭ ‬Schram‭ & ‬David M.‭ ‬Martill‭ ‬-‭ ‬1997.



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