Kingnites diamondi
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| Wenlock to Ludlow | ||||||||||||
| 433.4 to 423 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Kingnites diamondi | ||||||||||||
| Eriksson et al., 2012 |
Kingnites diamondi is a fossil annelworm from the group of the poly- bristle groupand the only known species of the genus Kingnites monotypical with it . The type and the genus was in 2012 by the Swedish scientist Mats E. Eriksson and colleagues based on fossil jaw parts firstdescribed and after the Danish musicians Diamond King named.
description
The first description of Kingnites diamondi made on the basis of various polychaete for typical parts of the jaw ( scolecodonts ). The very strongly curved maxillae are typical of the species . The first maxilla becomes thinner towards the tip, has numerous, sometimes tiny teeth (denticle) there, the base has a broadly rooted attachment and on the ventral edge of the ligament there is a knot-like structure on the inner edge that can be seen in the dorsal view. The second maxilla has a very long and shaft-like branch.
Kingnites diamondi is the largest known representative of the Paulinitidae of the Silurian and had an estimated body length of half a meter.
Locations and chronological classification
The fossils come from four collections of microfossils from the Swedish island of Gotland and the island of Saaremaa, which belongs to Estonia . They come from the strata of the upper Wenlock up to the transition to the Ludlow in the Silurian and are therefore around 423 to 430 million years old.
Systematics and Etymology
The systematic assignment of the worms to the Paulinitidae was based on the existing tooth structures in comparison with known species. The taxon described by Frederico Waldemar Lange in 1947 with the type species Paulinites paranaensis contained five genera until Kingnites was first described : Kettnerites , Gotlandites , Hindenites , Lanceolatites and Langeites . The differences in the tooth structures of the new type were considered so great that Eriksson et al. described for them a separate genus Kingnites .
The species was named after the Danish musician King Diamond , who is known as the singer of the heavy metal band Mercyful Fate and as a solo musician. In the first description Eriksson justified his naming with the musical inspiration of King Diamond during his scientific work. ("Named by MEE after King Diamond for musical inspiration during the course of this study.") The generic name Kingnites , based on the English term "king" for "king", is traced back to the size and majestic appearance of the animal in the first description ("Named by MEE after its size and majestic appearance (King)"), at the same time reference is made to the play on words in connection with the type species ("(..) and simultaneously flirting with the type species name"). In 2006, Eriksson named another multi-bristle after the British musician Lemmy Kilmister as Kalloprion kilmisteri .
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e f Mats E. Eriksson, Olle Hints, Claes F. Bergman: Kingnites diamondi gen. Et sp. nov., an exceptionally large Silurian paulinitid (Annelida; Polychaeta) from shallow marine settings of Baltoscandia. In: GFF. 134 (3), 2012, pp. 217-224. (Abstract) ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Mats E. Eriksson: Polychaete jaw apparatuses and scolecodonts from the Silurian Ireviken Event interval of Gotland, Sweden. In: GFF. 128 (2), 2006, pp. 97-101. doi: 10.1080 / 11035890601282097
literature
- Mats E. Eriksson, Olle Hints, Claes F. Bergman: Kingnites diamondi gen. Et sp. nov., an exceptionally large Silurian paulinitid (Annelida; Polychaeta) from shallow marine settings of Baltoscandia. In: GFF. 134 (3), 2012, pp. 217-224. (Abstract)