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Journal Article
The fossil Ainiktozoon is an arthropod
1997
Overview
The enigmatic fossil Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield 1937 from the Lower Silurian period of Lesmahagow, Scotland, has puzzled most who have studied it. We have examined several new specimens, some exceptionally well preserved and with soft tissue, from the type locality, and conclude that this fossil is an arthropod, not a protochordate, with affinities to the Thylacocephala. Ainiktozoon also possesses several unique features (for thylacocephalans) related to the apparently flattened form of the carapace and the relatively small size of the eyes, and so may represent a new family within that group. All other features of these new specimens accord well with what is known of the Thylacocephala.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
