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†family Phragmochaetidae Conway Morris and Peel 2008 (worm)

Polychaeta - Phragmochaetidae

Full reference: S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53:137-148

Parent taxon: Polychaeta according to S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel 2008

Sister taxa: Aciculata, Aeolosomatidae, Amphinomorpha, Arachnostega, Bundenbachochaeta, Caprascolex, Drilomorpha, Ebetallites, Eopolychaetus, Eotrophonia, Eunicemorpha, Eunicida, Flabelligerimorpha, Geophilus proavus, Haileyia, Hammatopsis, Hesionites, Hirudopsis, Khemisina, Klakesia, Leodicidae, Lockportia, Maucheria, Microtubus, Miskoiida, Nawnites, Oliveirania, Onuphionella, Palaeotubus, Palpata, Parergodrilidae, Phyllodocemorpha, Pontobdellopsis, Potamodrilidae, Propolynoe, Psammodrilidae, Pyllodocida, Ramesses, Ruedemannella, Sarcionata, Schizoproboscina, Sedentarida, Serpulimorpha, Siboglinidae, Soris, Spiomorpha, Spiroglyphus, Stoma, Terebellomorpha, Tosalorbis, Tubicola, Tubulelloides, Tymbochoos

Subtaxa: Phragmochaeta

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 340103. Sirius Passet (Cambrian of Greenland)

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