Archaeopriapulida - Selkirkiidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144
Parent taxon: Selkirkiidae according to S. Conway Morris 1977
See also Conway Morris and Robison 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1911
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Selkirkia columbia Selkirkia fragilis Selkirkia major
Type: Orthotheca major
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of Canada (26: British Columbia collections), United States (4: Idaho, Utah)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (1), United States (5: Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah)
Total: 38 collections including 55 occurrences
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