Protechiurus

Protechiurus edmondsi is a species of fossil animal from the Ediacaran Nama group of Namibia. It was initially interpreted as an echiurid worm.^[1] It has been placed as a "vendobiont", on the hypothesis that the Edicarian fauna represent a distinct phylum.^[4] It has also been suggested that it may be an ecdysozoan.^[5]

Protechiurus Temporal range: Ediacaran, 547.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	†Protechiuridae
Genus:	†Protechiurus Glaessner, 1979
Species:	†P. edmondsi
Binomial name
†Protechiurus edmondsi Glaessner, 1979[1]
Synonyms
✝Vendoglossa Seilacher, 2007[2][3] ✝V. tuberculata Seilacher, 2007

The identity of P. edmondsi identity is still unclear, as originally, Martin Glaessner put it into the worm phylum Echiura, family Echiuridae.^[6] Although Runnegar thought that it was actually a Dubiofossil, although other palaeontologists have suggested that it may be a Proto-Chordate.^[6]

See also

• Vendoconularia
• List of Ediacaran genera