Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Three new polychaete jaw apparatuses from the Upper Permian of Poland

Hubert Szaniawski

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13 (2), 1968: 255-281

Three new species of polychaete jaw apparatuses are described. They have been chemically prepared from Zechstein deposits, from bore holes in Northern Poland. The following systematic units have beien established: the monotypic
family Kielanoprionidae n. fam. with Kielanoprion pomeranensis n. gen., n. sp., as well as Oxyprion compressus n.gen., n.sp. (Mochtyellidae Kielan-Jaworowska) and Atraktoprion eudoxus n. sp. (Atraktoprionidae Kielan-Jaw.). These apparatuses are compared with other apparatuses and fossil scolecodonts as well as with recent forms.


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