Maculicorpus

Maculicorpus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Placozoa
Genus: †Maculicorpus
Knaust, 2021
Species:
†M. microbialis
Binomial name
†Maculicorpus microbialis
Knaust, 2021

Maculicorpus is a fossil genus, potentially a placozoan, from the Middle Triassic of Germany. If its identity is correct, it is the only placozoan known from the fossil record. It comprises a single known species, Maculicorpus microbialis.

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