''Sirilorica'' is a genus of stem-group

scalidophora Scalidophora is a group of marine pseudocoelomate protostomes that was proposed on morphological grounds to unite three phyla: the Kinorhyncha, the Priapulida and the Loricifera. The three phyla have four characters in common — chitinous cu ...

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Sirius Passet Sirius Passet is a Cambrian Lagerstätte in Peary Land, Greenland. The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte was named after the Sirius sledge patrol that operates in North Greenland. It comprises six places in Nansen Land, on the east shore of J.P. Koch F ...

Morphology

''Sirilorica'' was a worm-like animal ranging from three to eight centimetres in length.

Ecology

''Sirilorica'' probably burrowed on the sediment surface, although since it is never preserved alongside burrows the fossils were presumably washed to their final resting places.

Affinity

The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have loricae during their juvenile stages).

Etymology

Its generic name reflects its origin in the Sirius passet, and its loricate appearance. The specific epithet of one species, ''carlsbergi'' honours the

Carlsberg Foundation Carlsberg Foundation ( da, Carlsbergfondet) was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876, by allocating some of his shares in the Carlsberg Brewery to fund and operate the Carlsberg Laboratory and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palac ...

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References

Prehistoric protostome genera {{cambrian-animal-stub Cambrian genus extinctions