Inquicus

Inquicus
Temporal range: Early Cambrian
Restoration of individuals on host, Cricocosmia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Gnathifera
Genus: †Inquicus
Cong, et al 2017
Species:
†I. fellatus
Binomial name
†Inquicus fellatus
Cong, et al 2017

Inquicus fellatus is an extinct, bowling pin-shaped gnathiferan worm from the Chengjiang Biota, in what was once a marine environment from the Early Cambrian Yunnan province. Its fossils are found attached to fossils of the worms Cricocosmia and Mafangscolex in either a parasitic or commensalistic relationship.

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