Chalazoscolex
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Class: | †Palaeoscolecida |
| Family: | †Chalazoscolecidae Conway Morris & Peel, 2010 |
| Genus: | †Chalazoscolex Conway Morris & Peel, 2010 |
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Chalazoscolex is a genus of palaeoscolecidian worm known from the Sirius Passet. It had around 140 segments, each adorned with two rows of palaeoscolecid plates. Its body was organised into three transverse sections, the medial bearing three large sclerites acrosswise, the laterals bearing ridges.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name comes from the Greek word chalazas meaning hail and sleet but also pimple and tubercle. This was a reference to the tubercular-textured surfaces of the fossils and polar locality of the members of the genus.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 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.
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