Chalazoscolex

Chalazoscolex; Temporal range: Sirius Passet PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	†Palaeoscolecida
Family:	†Chalazoscolecidae; Conway Morris & Peel, 2010
Genus:	†Chalazoscolex; Conway Morris & Peel, 2010
Species
	C. pharkus Conway Morris & Peel 2010 (type);

Chalazoscolex is a genus of palaeoscolecidian worm known from the Sirius Passet. It had around 140 segments, each adorned with two rows of palaeoscolecid plates. Its body was organised into three transverse sections, the medial bearing three large sclerites acrosswise, the laterals bearing ridges.[1]

References

Conway Morris, S.; Peel, J. S. (2010). "New palaeoscolecidan worms from the Lower Cambrian: Sirius Passet, Latham Shale, and Kinzers Shale". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (1): 141–156. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.620.4930. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0058.

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[SCM2010-1] Conway Morris, S.; Peel, J. S. (2010). "New palaeoscolecidan worms from the Lower Cambrian: Sirius Passet, Latham Shale, and Kinzers Shale". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (1): 141–156. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.620.4930. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0058.