Stephenoscolex
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| Family: | †Stephenoscolecidae Conway Morris, 1979 |
| Genus: | †Stephenoscolex Conway Morris, 1979 |
| Species: | †S. argutus |
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| Stephenoscolex argutus Conway Morris, 1979 | |
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]
