Cricocosmia

Cricocosmia is a genus of palaeoscolecid worm from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota.^[1]

Cricocosmia Temporal range: Chengjiang PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	†Palaeoscolecida
Family:	†Cricocosmiidae
Genus:	†Cricocosmia Hou & Sun, 1988

Cricocosmia infested with Inquicus

Fossils of prehistoric Cricocosmia species were found in the Cambrian period Maotianshan Shale geologic formation in China.

See also

• Maotianshan shales fossils

References

1. Han, J.; Liu, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. & Shu, D. (2007). "Trunk ornament on the palaeoscolecid worms Cricocosmia and Tabelliscolex from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits of China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (2): 423–431.