Siphusauctum

Name: Siphusauctum ‭(‬cup large‭).
Phonetic: Sy-fus-auk-tum.
Named By: Lorna J.‭ ‬O'Brien‭ & ‬Jean-Bernard Caron‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Animalia,‭ ‬Bilateria,‭ ‬Siphusauctidae.
Species: S.‭ ‬gregarium‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬lloydguntheri.
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Up to‭ ‬20‭ ‬centimetres.
Known locations: Canada,‭ ‬British Columbia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Burgess Shale.‭ ‬USA,‭ ‬Utah‭ ‬-‭ ‬Spence Shale.
Time period: Mid Cambrian.
Fossil representation: Several individuals.

       Siphusauctum is a genus of filter feeding animal that lived on sea floors during the mid Cambrian era.‭ ‬Roughly shaped like a‭ ‬bell pepper on a stick,‭ ‬the main body of Siphusauctum was attached to the sea floor with a hold fast.‭ ‬With the body held up off the sea floor,‭ ‬Siphusauctum passed water through its body.‭ ‬Any small creatures or organic particles trapped in the filters of the body would then be digested.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new stalked filter-feeder from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale,‭ ‬British Columbia,‭ ‬Canada.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE.‭ ‬7‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬e29233.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lorna J.‭ ‬O'Brien‭ & ‬Jean-Bernard Caron‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
-‭ ‬The stalked filter feeder Siphusauctum lloydguntheri n.‭ ‬sp.‭ ‬from the middle Cambrian‭ (‬Series‭ ‬3,‭ ‬Stage‭ ‬5‭) ‬Spence Shale of Utah:‭ ‬its biological affinities and taphonomy.‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Julien Kimmig,‭ ‬Luke C.‭ ‬Strotz‭ & ‬Bruce S.‭ ‬Lieberman‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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