Scathascolex
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scathascolex-266-17981613
title:
Scathascolex
text:
Scathascolex is a genus of palaeoscolecid worm known from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It is the only taxon in that famous locality to exhibit the phosphatic plates that characterize palaeoscolecids, and has certain unusual characteristics – it does not have the multiple sizes of tessellating plates more typical of palaeoscolecids, and has more tail hooks than is the norm. Nevertheless, it is clearly a close relative of Palaeoscolex and Wronascolex. As with the co-occurring Burgess Shale w
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of worms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scathascolex
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-10T22:29:03Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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