Xylokorys

Xylokorys is a genus of marrellomorph known from two specimens from the Silurian Herefordshire lagerstatte; it filter-fed on mud particles on the sea floor.^[1] It is the only marrellomorph known from the Silurian period.

Xylokorys Temporal range: Wenlock, 425 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Marrellomorpha
Order:	†Acercostraca
Family:	†Vachonisiidae
Genus:	†Xylokorys
Species:	†X. chledophilia
Binomial name
†Xylokorys chledophilia Siveter et al., 2007