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Xylokorys

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Xylokorys
Temporal range: Wenlock, 425 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Marrellomorpha
Order: Acercostraca
Family: Vachonisiidae
Genus: Xylokorys
Species:
X. chledophilia
Binomial name
Xylokorys chledophilia
Siveter et al., 2007

Xylokorys is a genus of marrellomorph known from two specimens from the Silurian Herefordshire lagerstatte; it filter-fed on mud particles on the sea floor.[1] It is the only marrellomorph known from the Silurian period.

References

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  1. ^ Siveter, D. J.; Fortey, R. A.; Sutton, M. D.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Siveter, D. J. (2007). "A Silurian 'marrellomorph' arthropod". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274 (1623): 2223–2229. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0712. PMC 2287322. PMID 17646139.