Isoxys volucris Williams et al. 1996 (arthropod)

Deuteropoda - Isoxyida - Isoxyidae

Full reference: M. Williams, D. J. Siveter, and J. S. Peel. 1996. Isoxys (arthropoda) from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstaette, North Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):947-954

Belongs to Isoxys according to M. Williams et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Isoxys auritus, Isoxys chilhoweanus, Isoxys communis, Isoxys curvirostratus, Isoxys longissimus, Isoxys minor, Isoxys paradoxus

Type specimen: MGUH 23082, a carapace (complete, open carapace). Its type locality is 340103. Sirius Passet, which is in an Atdabanian open shallow subtidal shale in the Buen Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 340103. Sirius Passet

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