Siphusauctum

Siphusauctum
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Holotype of S. gregarium
Fossil of S. lloydguntheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Ctenophora
Family: Siphusauctidae
O'Brien & Caron, 2012
Genus: Siphusauctum
O'Brien & Caron, 2012
Species
  • S. gregarium O'Brien & Caron, 2012(type)
  • S. lloydguntheri Kimmig, Strotz & Lieberman, 2017

Siphusauctum is an extinct genus of filter-feeding animals that lived during the Middle Cambrian about 510 million years ago.