Kingdom Animalia Rank Genus | Total group Vinctiplicata | |
Similar Markuelia, Palaeoscolecid, Cycloneuralia, Scalidophora, Nematoida | ||
Sirilorica is a monospecific genus of stem-group scalidophoran from the Sirius Passet.
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Morphology
Sirilorica was a worm-like animal ranging from three to eight centimetres in length.
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.
Affinity
The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have loricae during their juvenile stages).
Etymology
Its generic name reflects its origin in the Sirius passet, and its loricate appearance. Its specific epithet honours the Carlsberg Foundation's financial contribution to Sirius Passet research.
References
Sirilorica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA