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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Polychaetes 

Bristle Worms


Considered one of the most diverse assemblages in the fossil record, the marine polychaete worms of Mazon Creek were large, predacious, and free-swimming.  ​

Rhaphidiophorus hystrix

Oliver Hardy Worm
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Esconites zelus

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Mazopherusa prinosi

Fan Worm
​Mazopherusa prinosi, commonly called the Fan Worm, is considered a colonial animal and rather sluggish. While fan worms rest in their burrows, they extend their fans to create eddies causing detritus to fall into their mouths.
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Didontogaster cordylina

Tummy Tooth Worm
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Levisettius campylonectus

Riccardo Worm

Astreptoscolex anasillosus

Plain Worm
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Rutellifrons wolfforum

Shovel Nose Worm
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Pieckonia helenae

Fish Worm
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Fossundecima konecniorum

Simple Jaw Worm
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Dryptoscolex matthiesae

Rat Worm
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Hystriciola delicatula

Baby Tooth Worm
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Palaeocampa anthrax

Fire Worm

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