Lepidocoleus is a genus of extinct armored annelid worm in the class Machaeridia. Two notable species are L. caliburnus or the "Excalibur worm", and L. shurikenus, or the "shuriken worm".[1] The creature had a "suit" of armor running down its body in the form of overlapping calcite crystals.[1] This worm probably lived in shallow water reefs feeding on organic waste.[2] It lived from the Hirnantian of the upper Ordovician to the Famennian of the Devonian.[3]
^ ab"Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia". Livescience.com. 2 December 2021.
^Jacquet, Sarah M.; Selly, Tara; Schiffbauer, James D.; Brock, Glenn A. (2021). "Sclerite assembly, articulation and protective system of Lower Devonian machaeridians". Papers in Palaeontology. 8. doi:10.1002/spp2.1410. S2CID 243825597.
Lepidocoleus is a genus of extinct armored annelid worm in the class Machaeridia. Two notable species are L. caliburnus or the "Excalibur worm", and L...
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