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143: 111: 125: 471: 512: 551: 536: 556: 546: 505: 413: 445: 541: 498: 405:"An anomalous fossil organism, possibly a new type of chordate, from the Upper Silurian of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire – 142: 369: 531: 285: 241: 325: 356: 137: 422: 385: 376: 334: 482: 453: 297: 187: 110: 525: 272:("enigmatic animal", from αἰνικτός (aíniktós, "riddling, enigmatical")), is a fossil 200: 61: 124: 36: 338: 300: 289: 81: 46: 478: 296:, recent studies suggest that it was in fact an arthropod, more precisely a 273: 174: 154: 86: 470: 427: 404: 293: 281: 277: 76: 71: 56: 51: 41: 91: 66: 389: 164: 360: 323:
Scourfield, a protochordate? from the Silurian of Scotland".
486: 284:. It was found at the Birk Knowes site, part of the 506: 8: 513: 499: 350: 348: 123: 109: 20: 426: 458:(see the files whose names start "ain") 311: 7: 467: 465: 292:. Originally described as an early 414:Proceedings of the Royal Society B 14: 469: 141: 359:& David M. Martill (1997). 1: 552:Fossil taxa described in 1937 537:Prehistoric crustacean genera 485:. You can help Knowledge by 16:Extinct genus of crustaceans 557:Prehistoric arthropod stubs 573: 547:Silurian animals of Europe 464: 403:D. J. Scourfield (1937). 339:10.1080/03115518508618961 247: 240: 138:Scientific classification 136: 131: 122: 117: 108: 23: 481:-related article is a 428:10.1098/rspb.1937.0001 355:Wim van der Brugghen, 286:Patrick Burn Formation 407:Ainiktozoon loganense 321:Ainiktozoon loganense 269:Ainiktozoon loganense 254:Ainiktozoon loganense 25:Ainiktozoon loganense 542:Silurian crustaceans 319:A. Ritchie (1985). " 357:Frederick R. Schram 409:, gen. et sp. nov" 494: 493: 477:This prehistoric 384:(6617): 589–590. 265: 264: 233:A. loganense 221: 564: 515: 508: 501: 473: 466: 457: 452:. Archived from 433: 432: 430: 421:(825): 533–547. 400: 394: 393: 390:10.1038/385589a0 373: 365:is an arthropod" 352: 343: 342: 316: 260:Scourfield, 1937 256: 252: 220:Scourfield, 1937 219: 212: 199: 186: 146: 145: 127: 118:Fossil specimen 113: 103: 33: 29:Temporal range: 21: 572: 571: 567: 566: 565: 563: 562: 561: 522: 521: 520: 519: 462: 444: 441: 436: 402: 401: 397: 367: 354: 353: 346: 318: 317: 313: 309: 298:thylacocephalan 261: 258: 250: 249: 236: 218: 210: 197: 184: 140: 132:Reconstruction 104: 102: 101: 100: 99: 94: 89: 84: 79: 74: 69: 64: 59: 54: 49: 44: 39: 31: 30: 27: 17: 12: 11: 5: 570: 568: 560: 559: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 532:Thylacocephala 524: 523: 518: 517: 510: 503: 495: 492: 491: 474: 460: 459: 456:on 2007-03-12. 440: 439:External links 437: 435: 434: 395: 344: 333:(2): 117–142. 310: 308: 305: 263: 262: 259: 245: 244: 238: 237: 229: 227: 223: 222: 208: 204: 203: 195: 191: 190: 188:Thylacocephala 182: 178: 177: 172: 168: 167: 162: 158: 157: 152: 148: 147: 134: 133: 129: 128: 120: 119: 115: 114: 106: 105: 97: 96: 95: 90: 85: 80: 75: 70: 65: 60: 55: 50: 45: 40: 35: 34: 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 569: 558: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 533: 530: 529: 527: 516: 511: 509: 504: 502: 497: 496: 490: 488: 484: 480: 475: 472: 468: 463: 455: 451: 449: 443: 442: 438: 429: 424: 420: 416: 415: 410: 408: 399: 396: 391: 387: 383: 379: 378: 371: 366: 364: 358: 351: 349: 345: 340: 336: 332: 328: 327: 322: 315: 312: 306: 304: 302: 299: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 275: 271: 270: 257: 255: 246: 243: 242:Binomial name 239: 235: 234: 228: 225: 224: 217: 216: 209: 206: 205: 202: 201:Concavicarida 196: 193: 192: 189: 183: 180: 179: 176: 173: 170: 169: 166: 163: 160: 159: 156: 153: 150: 149: 144: 139: 135: 130: 126: 121: 116: 112: 107: 93: 88: 83: 78: 73: 68: 63: 58: 53: 48: 43: 38: 26: 22: 19: 487:expanding it 476: 461: 454:the original 447: 418: 412: 406: 398: 381: 375: 362: 361:"The fossil 330: 324: 320: 314: 268: 267: 266: 253: 248: 232: 231: 214: 213: 24: 18: 448:Ainiktozoon 446:"Images of 363:Ainiktozoon 215:Ainiktozoon 526:Categories 326:Alcheringa 307:References 301:crustacean 290:Lesmahagow 175:Arthropoda 479:arthropod 276:from the 274:arthropod 226:Species: 161:Kingdom: 155:Eukaryota 294:chordate 282:Scotland 278:Silurian 171:Phylum: 165:Animalia 151:Domain: 288:, near 251:† 230:† 207:Genus: 194:Order: 181:Class: 98:↓ 377:Nature 32:Ludlow 483:stub 37:PreꞒ 423:doi 419:121 386:doi 382:385 370:PDF 335:doi 280:of 528:: 417:. 411:. 380:. 374:. 347:^ 329:. 303:. 87:Pg 514:e 507:t 500:v 489:. 450:" 431:. 425:: 392:. 388:: 372:) 368:( 341:. 337:: 331:9 211:† 198:† 185:† 92:N 82:K 77:J 72:T 67:P 62:C 57:D 52:S 47:O 42:Ꞓ

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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Thylacocephala
Concavicarida
Ainiktozoon
Binomial name
arthropod
Silurian
Scotland
Patrick Burn Formation
Lesmahagow
chordate
thylacocephalan

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