Cricocosmia jinningensis
Vendor: Lagerstätte Land
SKU Number: SQ5425632
Cricocosmia jinningensis from Early Cambrian, Heilinpu Formation, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
Cricocosmia jinningensis lived buried in the seafloor sediment as animals like Amplectobelua swam above it. It captured prey by turning out the long snout-like pharynx at the front of the animal, and could crawl short distances over the seafloor in search of food.
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Vendor: Lagerstätte Land
SKU Number: SQ5425632
Cricocosmia jinningensis from Early Cambrian, Heilinpu Formation, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
Cricocosmia jinningensis lived buried in the seafloor sediment as animals like Amplectobelua swam above it. It captured prey by turning out the long snout-like pharynx at the front of the animal, and could crawl short distances over the seafloor in search of food.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Lagerstätte Land
SKU Number: SQ5425632
Cricocosmia jinningensis from Early Cambrian, Heilinpu Formation, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
Cricocosmia jinningensis lived buried in the seafloor sediment as animals like Amplectobelua swam above it. It captured prey by turning out the long snout-like pharynx at the front of the animal, and could crawl short distances over the seafloor in search of food.
Full dimensions are listed below.
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Description:
Cricocosmia jinningensis was an abundant palaeoscolecid worm in the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota of Yunnan, China. It resembled modern priapulids and is important for understanding the evolution of early ecdysozoans. Cricocosmia had paired lateral sclerites and ventral projections, which may be related to early panarthropod legs. It was a detritivore that lived in shallow burrows.
