Mongolitubulus

Mongolitubulus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	†Bradoriida
Genus:	†Mongolitubulus; Missarzhevsky, 1977
Species
	M. decensus Betts et al., 2017 ; M. henrikseni Skovsted & Peel, 2001 ; M. squamifer Missarzhevsky, 1977 (type) ; M. spinosus Hinz, 1987 ; M. unispinosa Topper et al., 2007 ; M. reticulatus Kouchinsky et al., 2010 ;
Synonyms
	Rushtonites Hinz, 1987 ; Tubuterium Melnikova, 2000;

Mongolitubulus is a form genus encapsulating a range of ornamented conical small shelly fossils of the Cambrian period. It is potentially synonymous with Rushtonites, Tubuterium and certain species of Rhombocorniculum, and owing to the similarity of the genera, they are all dealt with herein. Organisms that bore Mongolitubulus-like projections include trilobites, bradoriid arthropods and hallucigeniid lobopodians.