Biology:Cricocosmia
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Short description: Extinct genus of worms
Cricocosmia | |
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Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | †Palaeoscolecida |
Family: | †Cricocosmiidae |
Genus: | †Cricocosmia Hou & Sun, 1988 |

Cricocosmia infested with Inquicus
Cricocosmia is a genus of palaeoscolecid worm from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota.[1]
Fossils of prehistoric Cricocosmia species were found in the Cambrian period Maotianshan Shale geologic formation in China .
See also
References
- ↑ Han, J.; Liu, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Shu, D. (2007). "Trunk ornament on the palaeoscolecid worms Cricocosmia and Tabelliscolex from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits of China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (2): 423–431. https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app52/app52-423.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q17073062 entry
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