Polychaeta taxon details
Paleocampa Meek & Worthen, 1865 †
744949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744949)
accepted
Genus
fossil only
Meek, F.B. and A.H. Worthen. (1865). Notice on some new types of organic remains from the Coal Measures of Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 17, pp. 41-53., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26287776
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paleocampa Meek & Worthen, 1865 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744949 on 2025-04-27
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Meek, F.B. and A.H. Worthen. (1865). Notice on some new types of organic remains from the Coal Measures of Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 17, pp. 41-53., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26287776
page(s): 52 [details]
additional source Bracchi, G. and Alessandrello, A. 2005. Paleodiversity of the free living polychaetes (Annelida, Polychaeta) and description of new taxa from the Upper Cretaceous Lagerstaetten of Haquel, Hadjula and Al-Namoura (Lebanon). Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 32(3): 1-64.
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
additional source Bracchi, G. and Alessandrello, A. 2005. Paleodiversity of the free living polychaetes (Annelida, Polychaeta) and description of new taxa from the Upper Cretaceous Lagerstaetten of Haquel, Hadjula and Al-Namoura (Lebanon). Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 32(3): 1-64.
page(s): 8 [details]
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Classification Originally placed in Lepidoptera (Insecta) but fide Bracchi & Alessandrello is an amphinomid-like polychaete perhaps senior to Rhaphidiophorus [details]