Cricocosmia

Cricocosmia
Temporal range: Chengjiang
Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Palaeoscolecida
Family: Cricocosmiidae
Genus: Cricocosmia
Hou & Sun, 1988
Cricocosmia infested with Inquicus

Cricocosmia is a genus of palaeoscolecid worm from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota.[1]

Fossils of prehistoric Cricocosmia species were found in the Cambrian period Maotianshan Shale geologic formation in China.

  1. ^ Han, J.; Liu, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X. & Shu, D. (2007). "Trunk ornament on the palaeoscolecid worms Cricocosmia and Tabelliscolex from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits of China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (2): 423–431.