Machaeridian — Lepidocoleus strictus

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Description

Early Devonian
Bois d’Arc Formation, Cravat Member
Coal County, Oklahoma.

Worm. Soft-bodied.

Lepidocoleus is a genus of armored worm of the Class Machaeridia, Phylum Annelida.  It is known from the Silurian to Devonian of North America and Europe.  Other machaeridians survived into the Carboniferous.

Yeah, some ancient worms were armored. It was dangerous in the Devonian.

It’s a rare find in the Bois d’Arc Formation.

Additional information

Weight 110 g