Ottoia Walcott 1911 (priapulid worm)

Archaeopriapulida - Ottoidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144

Parent taxon: Ottoidae according to C. D. Walcott 1911

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Conway Morris 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Banffia

Subtaxa: Ottoia minor Ottoia prolifica Ottoia tenuis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (1 collection)

• Solvan of United States (1: Nevada)

• Delamaran of Canada (23: British Columbia)

• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (1), United States (6: Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah)

Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences

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