†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977 (velvet worm)
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Hallucishaniids - Hallucigeniidae
Full reference: S. Conway Morris. 1977. A new metazoan from the Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Palaeontology 20:623-640
Belongs to Hallucigenia according to S. Conway Morris 1977
See also Caron and Aria 2017
Sister taxa: Hallucigenia fortis, Hallucigenia hongmeia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (6: British Columbia collections), China (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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