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Sicyophorus

Taxonomy

Sicyophorus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Priapulida by Dornbos and Chen (2008).

Species

Palaeopriapulites parvus, S. rara (syn. Protopriapulites haikouensis)

Synonyms

Palaeopriapulites was named by Hou et al. (1999).

It was synonymized subjectively with Sicyophorus by Huang et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Priapulida by Bambach et al. (2007).
Protopriapulites was named by Hou et al. (1999).

It was synonymized subjectively with Sicyophorus by Huang et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Priapulida by Bambach et al. (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1999	Palaeopriapulites Hou et al.
1999	Protopriapulites Hou et al.
2007	Palaeopriapulites Bambach et al.
2007	Protopriapulites Bambach et al.
2008	Sicyophorus Dornbos and Chen

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cycloneuralia	Ahlrichs 1995
—	Scaldiphora
phylum	Priapulida	Théel 1906
genus	Sicyophorus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sicyophorus

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†Sicyophorus rara Luo and Hu 1999

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Invalid names: Protopriapulites haikouensis Hou et al. 1999 [synonym]

Invalid names: Palaeopriapulites Hou et al. 1999 [synonym], Protopriapulites Hou et al. 1999 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

no hard partsp

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

blindp

Created:

2009-02-19 18:09:16

Modified:

2009-09-21 15:02:09

Source: g = genus, p = phylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian	538.8 - 509.0	China (Yunnan)	S. sp. (185938 185939)
Atdabanian	521.0 - 516.0	China (Yunnan)	Protopriapulites sp. (86930) S. rara (68083 90133 90135 90136 90137 90151) S. rara, Palaeopriapulites parvus (86846) S. sp. (86929)
Nangaoian	521.0 - 514.0	China (Yunnan)	Palaeopriapulites parvus (132330 194143 194161 194163)