Xylokorys
Extinct genus of arthropods
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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.
| Xylokorys Temporal range: Wenlock, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Marrellomorpha |
| Order: | †Acercostraca |
| Family: | †Vachonisiidae |
| Genus: | †Xylokorys |
| Species: | †X. chledophilia |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xylokorys chledophilia Siveter et al., 2007 | |
