Sinoascus
Sinoascus Temporal range:
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Genus: | †Sinoascus Chen & Zhou, 1997 |
Species: | †S. paillatus
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†Sinoascus paillatus Chen & Zhou, 1997
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Sinoascus paillatus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata.
Fossil specimens are poorly preserved, providing little details, if any at all, about the anatomy of the comb rows.
See also[]
Burgess shale ctenophores[]
- Fasciculus vesanus
- Ctenorhabdotus capulus
- Xanioascus canadensis
Maotianshan shales ctenophores[]
- Maotianoascus octonarius
- Stromatoveris psygmoglena
References[]
Categories:
- Maotianshan shales fossils
- Monotypic ctenophore genera
- Prehistoric ctenophore genera
- Cambrian animal stubs
- Ctenophore stubs