Ottoia prolifica 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

Belongs to Ottoia according to C. D. Walcott 1911

Sister taxa: Ottoia minor, Ottoia tenuis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (23: British Columbia collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (2: Utah)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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