†family Selkirkiidae Conway Morris 1977 (priapulid worm)

Selkirkiimorpha - Selkirkiidae

Full reference: S. Conway Morris. 1977. Fossil priapulid worms. Special Papers in Palaeontology 20

Parent taxon: Selkirkiimorpha according to K. Nanglu and J. Ortega-Hernández 2024

See also Conway Morris 1977, Conway Morris and Robison 1988 and Wang et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Selkirkia Sullulika

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Type: Selkirkia

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Canada (30: Alberta, Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (22), United States (9: Idaho, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah)

Total: 62 collections including 79 occurrences

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