Enalikter
Extinct arthropod genus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enalikter ("scourger of the sea") is an extinct arthropod described from the middle Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte at the England–Wales border in UK.[1] This genus is known from only one species, E. aphson. Enalikter is described as late-living example of Megacheira, "great-appendage arthropod". It subsequently suggested to be an annelid by other researchers,[2] however subsequent studies rejected this interpretation.[3][4] Its interpretation as megacheiran arthropod has been questioned in later studies.[5][6]
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Enalikter | |
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Virtual reconstructions of Enalikter aphson | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Megacheira (?) |
Family: | †Enaliktidae |
Genus: | †Enalikter |
Species: | †E. aphson |
Binomial name | |
†Enalikter aphson Siveter et al., 2014 | |
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