Spartobranchus tenuis Caron et al. 2013 (acorn worm)

Enteropneusta

Full reference: J.-B. Caron, S. Conway Morris, and C.B. Cameron. 2013. Tubicolous enteropneusts from the Cambrian period. Nature 495:503-506

Belongs to Spartobranchus according to J.-B. Caron et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 108494. Its type locality is Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada.

Distribution: found only at Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed

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