Cricocosmia Temporal range:
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Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | †Palaeoscolecida |
Family: | †Cricocosmiidae |
Genus: | †Cricocosmia Hou & Sun, 1988 |
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.