Stephenoscolex Explained

Stephenoscolex is a genus of polychaete worm known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 150 specimens of Stephenoscolex are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.29% of the community.^[1] The genus was described by Conway Morris (1979)^[2] and re-examined by Eibye-Jacobsen (2004).^[3]

External links

• Web site: 2011. Stephenoscolex argutus. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. https://web.archive.org/20201112025257/http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=119. 2020-11-12. dead.

Notes and References

1. Caron . Jean-Bernard. Jackson . Donald A.. Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. PALAIOS . 21 . 5 . 451–65. October 2006. 10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. 20173022. 2006Palai..21..451C . 53646959 .
2. Conway Morris . S.. Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. 2418139. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 285. 1007. 227–274. 1979. 10.1098/rstb.1979.0006. 1979RSPTB.285..227M .
3. Eibye-Jacobsen . D.. A reevaluation of Wiwaxia and the polychaetes of the Burgess Shale. Lethaia. 37. 317–335. 2004. 3. 10.1080/00241160410002027.