Siphusauctum gregarium O’Brien and Caron 2012

Bilateria - Siphusauctidae

Full reference: L. J. O’Brien and J. B. Caron. 2012. A new stalked filter-feeder from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 7(1):e29233-1-e29233-21

Belongs to Siphusauctum according to L. J. O’Brien and J. B. Caron 2012

Sister taxon: Siphusauctum lloydguntheri

Type specimen: ROM 61414. Its type locality is S7 locality, Tulip Bed community, Fossil Gully, Mount Stephen, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada.

Distribution: found only at S7 locality, Tulip Bed community, Fossil Gully, Mount Stephen

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