Fossil Acorn Worm (Mazoglussus ramsdelli) from Mazon Creek, Carboniferous Era, USA – Rare Paleontological Specimen

Description

AVERAGE SIZE: 63mm

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Name: Essexella asherae (Fossil Worm)

Age: Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Carboniferous

Location: Chowder Flats, Morris, Ill, USA

The acorn worms or Enteropneusta are a hemichordate class of invertebrates consisting of one order of the same name. Their closest relatives are the echinoderms. There are 111 known species of acorn worm in the world, the main species for research being Saccoglossus kowalevskii.

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