Lepidocoleus kuangguoduni Gügel et al. 2017 (scale worm)

Polychaeta - Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae

Full reference: B. Gügel, K. De Baets, I. Jerjen, P. Schuetz, and C. Klug. 2017. A new subdisarticulated machaeridian from the Middle Devonian of China: Insights into taphonomy and taxonomy using X-ray microtomography and 3D-analysis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):237-247

Belongs to Lepidocoleus according to B. Gügel et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Lepidocoleus jamesi

Type specimen: PIMUZ 32127, a partial skeleton (part and its fragmented counterpart, over 20 sclerites)

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lepidocoleus kuangguoduni in the database

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