Siphusauctum

Siphusauctum
Temporal range:
Holotype of S. gregarium
Fossil of S. lloydguntheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Stem group: Ctenophora
Family: †Siphusauctidae
O'Brien & Caron, 2012
Genus: †Siphusauctum
O'Brien & Caron, 2012
Species
  • †S. gregarium O'Brien & Caron, 2012 (type)
  • †S. lloydguntheri Kimmig, Strotz & Lieberman, 2017

Siphusauctum, also known as the tulip animal, is an extinct genus of filter-feeding animals that lived during the Middle Cambrian.

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