Palaeoscolecid
The palaeoscolecids are a group of extinct ecdysozoan worms resembling armoured priapulids. They are known from the Lower Cambrian to the late Silurian; they are mainly found as disarticulated sclerites, but are also preserved in many of the Cambrian lagerstätten. They take their name from the typifying genus Palaeoscolex. Other genera include Cricocosmia from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota. Their taxonomic affinities within Ecdysozoa have been the subject of debate.
| Palaeoscolecida Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| The Burgess Shale palaeoscolecid Scathascolex minor. Image from Smith (2015) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Cycloneuralia |
| Class: | †Palaeoscolecida Conway Morris & Robinson, 1986 |
| Families, genera and species (sensu Harvey et al. 2010) | |
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