Sirilorica

Sirilorica is a genus of stem-group scalidophoran from the Sirius Passet.[1]

Sirilorica
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Total group: Vinctiplicata
Genus: Sirilorica
Peel 2010[1]
Species
  • S. carlsbergi Peel 2010
  • S. pustulosa Peel 2010

Morphology

Sirilorica was a worm-like animal ranging from three to eight centimetres in length.[1]

Ecology

Sirilorica probably burrowed on the sediment surface, although since it is never preserved alongside burrows the fossils were presumably washed to their final resting places.[1]

Affinity

The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have loricae during their juvenile stages).[1]

Etymology

Its generic name reflects its origin in the Sirius passet, and its loricate appearance. The specific epithet of one species, carlsbergi honours the Carlsberg Foundation's financial contribution to Sirius Passet research.[1]

References
  1. Peel, J. S. (2010). "A Corset-Like Fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and Its Implications for Cycloneuralian Evolution". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 332–340. doi:10.1666/09-102R.1.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.