Oesia Walcott 1911 (acorn worm)

Enteropneusta

Synonym: Margaretia Walcott 1931

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144

Parent taxon: Enteropneusta according to K. Nanglu et al. 2016

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Bengtson 1992, Briggs et al. 1994, Conway Morris and Robison 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Waggoner and Hagadorn 2004 and Walcott 1911

Sister taxa: Harrimaniidae, Spartobranchus, Spengelidae

Subtaxa: Margaretia angustata Margaretia chamblessi Margaretia ramosa Margaretia stosei Oesia disjuncta

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Type: Oesia disjuncta

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (23: British Columbia collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: California, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Utah)

Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences

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