Tymbochoos

Tymbochoos; Temporal range: Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Class:	Tentaculita†
Genus:	Tymbochoos†; Steele-Petrovich and Bolton, 1998

Tymbochoos is an extinct genus of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms. Tymbochoos has a laminar tube structure and pseudopuncta similar to those of the tentaculitoids.^[2] It has previously been interpreted as a Palaeozoic polychaete.^[1] The world's oldest build-ups with tube-supported frameworks belong to Tymbochoos sinclairi.^[3] They occur in the Ordovician limestones of the Ottawa Valley.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Steele-Petrovich, H.M., Bolton, T.E. 1998. Morphology and palaeoecology of a primitive mound-forming tubicolous polychaete from the Ordovician of the Ottawa valley Canada. Palaeontology 41, 125–145.
^ Vinn, O. (2006). "Tentaculitoid affinities of the tubeworm-like fossil Tymbochoos sinclairi (Okulitch, 1937) from the Ordovician of North America". Geobios. 39 (5): 739–742. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.06.002. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
^ Okulitch, V.J. 1937. Notes on Fletcheria incerta (Billings) and Fletcheria sinclairi n. sp. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 21, 313–316.

[Steele-Petrovich1998-1] Steele-Petrovich, H.M., Bolton, T.E. 1998. Morphology and palaeoecology of a primitive mound-forming tubicolous polychaete from the Ordovician of the Ottawa valley Canada. Palaeontology 41, 125–145.

[2] Vinn, O. (2006). "Tentaculitoid affinities of the tubeworm-like fossil Tymbochoos sinclairi (Okulitch, 1937) from the Ordovician of North America". Geobios. 39 (5): 739–742. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.06.002. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

[3] Okulitch, V.J. 1937. Notes on Fletcheria incerta (Billings) and Fletcheria sinclairi n. sp. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 21, 313–316.

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