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
Esconites zelus
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.
Didontogaster cordylina
Tummy Tooth Worm
Levisettius campylonectus
Riccardo Worm
Astreptoscolex anasillosus
Plain Worm
Rutellifrons wolfforum
Shovel Nose Worm
Pieckonia helenae
Fish Worm
Fossundecima konecniorum
Simple Jaw Worm
Dryptoscolex matthiesae
Rat Worm
Hystriciola delicatula
Baby Tooth Worm
Palaeocampa anthrax
Fire Worm