Carbosesostris megaliphagon Schram 1979 (scale worm)

Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Goniadidae

Full reference: F. R. Schram. 1979. Worms of the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of central Montana, USA. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 19:107-120

Belongs to Carbosesostris according to F. R. Schram 1979

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 5542. Its type locality is MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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