Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz 1987 (velvet worm)

Microdictyon

Full reference: I. Hinz. 1987. The Lower Cambrian microfauna of Comley and Rushton, Shropshire, England. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(1-3):41-100

Belongs to Microdictyon according to I. Hinz 1987

Sister taxa: Microdictyon cuneum, Microdictyon depressum, Microdictyon effusum, Microdictyon montezumaensis, Microdictyon rhomboidale, Microdictyon robisoni, Microdictyon sinicum

Type specimen: UB 3, an other. Its type locality is Jee's Quarry, Nuneaton, which is in a Tommotian carbonate limestone in the Hartshill Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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