Xylokorys

Xylokorys
Temporal range: Wenlock,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Marrellomorpha
Order: †Acercostraca
Family: †Vachonisiidae
Genus: †Xylokorys
Species:
†X. chledophilia
Binomial name
†Xylokorys chledophilia
Siveter et al., 2007

Xylokorys is a genus of marrellomorph known from two specimens from the Silurian Herefordshire lagerstatte; it filter-fed on mud particles on the sea floor. It is the only marrellomorph known from the Silurian period.

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