Sicyophorus (priapulid worm)

Sicyophorus

Synonyms: Palaeopriapulites Hou et al. 1999, Protopriapulites Hou et al. 1999

Parent taxon: Priapulida according to S. Q. Dornbos and J.-Y. Chen 2008

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Huang et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Acosmia, Archaeopriapulida, Archotuba, Corynetis, Eximipriapulus, Halicryptidae, Maccabeidae, Omnidens, Palaeoscolecidomorpha, Paraselkirkia, Priapulidae, Priapulomorpha, Tubiluchidae, Xiaoheiqingidae

Subtaxa: Palaeopriapulites parvus Sicyophorus rara

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (15 collections)

Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences

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