Sirilorica
Sirilorica is a genus of stem-group scalidophoran from the Sirius Passet.[1]
| Sirilorica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Total group: | Vinctiplicata |
| Genus: | Sirilorica Peel 2010[1] |
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Morphology
Sirilorica was a worm-like animal ranging from three to eight centimetres in length.[1]
Ecology
Sirilorica probably burrowed on the sediment surface, although since it is never preserved alongside burrows the fossils were presumably washed to their final resting places.[1]
Affinity
The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have loricae during their juvenile stages).[1]
Etymology
Its generic name reflects its origin in the Sirius passet, and its loricate appearance. The specific epithet of one species, carlsbergi honours the Carlsberg Foundation's financial contribution to Sirius Passet research.[1]
gollark: Faster than most in most usual cases, then.
gollark: Well, unofficial versions.
gollark: It is more optimized for systems where there's a generic stack with no NBT etc.
gollark: Wyvern mostly does that too, except *this was an edge case*.
gollark: Turtlegistics is still in common use.
References
- Peel, J. S. (2010). "A Corset-Like Fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and Its Implications for Cycloneuralian Evolution". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 332–340. doi:10.1666/09-102R.1.
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