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Xystoscolex

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Xystoscolex
Temporal range: Lower Cambrian
fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Palaeoscolecida
Family: Chalazoscolecidae
Conway Morris & Peel, 2010
Genus: Xystoscolex
Conway Morris & Peel, 2010
Species
  • X. boreogyrus Conway Morris & Peel 2010 (type)

Xystoscolex is a genus of palaeoscolecidian worm known from the Sirius Passet, North Greenland.[1]

References

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  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. S2CID 54037571.