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''Eximipriapulus'' is a genus of priapulid-like organisms, perhaps belonging to the crown group, known from the
Chengjiang biota The Maotianshan Shales are a series of Early Cambrian deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation, famous for their '' Konservat Lagerstätten'', deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces. The Maotianshan Shales ...
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Paleoecology

Eximipriapulus is known to live inside
Hyolith Hyoliths are animals with small conical surface, conical animal shell, shells, known as fossils from the Palaeozoic era. They are at least considered as lophotrochozoan, and possibly being lophophorates, a group which includes the brachiopods, w ...
shells. It is also an active burrower and is carnivorous.


References

Priapulida Prehistoric protostome genera Cambrian China Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 2014 {{paleo-protostome-stub