Cricocosmia

Cricocosmia is a genus of palaeoscolecid worm from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota.[1]

Cricocosmia
Temporal range: Chengjiang
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Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: †Palaeoscolecida
Family: †Cricocosmiidae
Genus: †Cricocosmia
Hou & Sun, 1988
Cricocosmia infested with Inquicus

Fossils of prehistoric Cricocosmia species were found in the Cambrian period Maotianshan Shale geologic formation in China.

See also
  • Maotianshan shales fossils

References
  1. Han, J.; Liu, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. & Shu, D. (2007). "Trunk ornament on the palaeoscolecid worms Cricocosmia and Tabelliscolex from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits of China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (2): 423–431.


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