Lecythioscopa
Lecythioscopa is a genus of probable archaeopriapulid known from two specimens from the Walcott Quarry from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[1]
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Stem group: | Priapulida (?) |
Class: | †Archaeopriapulida |
Genus: | †Lecythioscopa Conway Morris, 1977[1] |
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Morphology
The specimens of Lectythioscopa are both missing their posterior portions, leaving a head, comparable to the proboscis of other priapulids, and long trunk, which is curved in both specimens. The animal was probably a burrower due to its external radial symmetry.[1]
History
The species was originally placed as Canadia simplex by Charles Walcott in a 1931 publication based on a single specimen.[2] Simon Conway Morris later identified what was previously considered a specimen of Canadia dubia as sharing similar features, placing them both under the name of Lecythioscopa simplex.[3][1]
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References
- Conway Morris, S (1977). "Fossil priapulid worms". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 20.
- Walcott, C.D. (1931). "Addenda to descriptions of Burgess shale fossils". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 85: 1–42. doi:10.1086/623925.
- Walcott, C.D. (1911). "Middle Cambrian Annelids". Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. 2: 109–142.
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