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Eximipriapulus

Genus of priapulid worms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eximipriapulus is a genus of priapulid-like organisms, perhaps belonging to the crown group, known from the Chengjiang biota.[1]

Phylum:Priapulida
Species:
†E. globocaudatus
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Eximipriapulus
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: incertae sedis
Genus: †Eximipriapulus
Species:
†E. globocaudatus
Binomial name
†Eximipriapulus globocaudatus
Ma et al 2014[1]
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Paleoecology

Eximipriapulus is known to have lived inside Hyolith shells.[2] It was also an active, carnivorous burrower.[1]

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