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1.1" Fossil Spoon Worm (Coprinoscolex) - Illinois
This is a 1.1" fossil worm (Coprinoscolex) preserved in an ironstone nodule from the Carbondale Formation near Essex, Illinois.
Coprinoscolex ellogimus is the earliest known echiuran in the fossil record. A sediment feeder, it ingested mud, on which its digestive bacteria grew.
Coprinoscolex ellogimus is the earliest known echiuran in the fossil record. A sediment feeder, it ingested mud, on which its digestive bacteria grew.
SPECIES
Coprinoscolex ellogimus
LOCATION
Essex, Illinois
FORMATION
Carbondale Formation
SIZE
1.1" worm, 2.2 x 1.9" nodule
CATEGORY
ITEM
#120951
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