Stephenoscolex

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Stephenoscolex
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Family:
†Stephenoscolecidae

Conway Morris, 1979
Genus:
†Stephenoscolex

Conway Morris, 1979
Species:
†S. argutus
Binomial name
Stephenoscolex argutus
Conway Morris, 1979

Stephenoscolex is a genus of polychaete worm known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 150 specimens of Stephenoscolex are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.29% of the community. [1] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979) [2] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR   20173022. S2CID   53646959.
  2. ↑ Conway Morris, S. (1979). "Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 285 (1007): 227–274. Bibcode:1979RSPTB.285..227M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1979.0006. JSTOR   2418139.
  3. ↑ Eibye-Jacobsen, D. (2004). "A reevaluation of Wiwaxia and the polychaetes of the Burgess Shale". Lethaia. 37 (3): 317–335. Bibcode:2004Letha..37..317E. doi:10.1080/00241160410002027.


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