Sirilorica
Sirilorica is a monospecific genus of stem-group scalidophoran from the Sirius Passet.[1]
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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. Its specific epithet honours the Carlsberg Foundation's financial contribution to Sirius Passet research.[1]
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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