Sinoascus

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.

Sinoascus
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Genus: Sinoascus
Chen & Zhou, 1997
Species:
S. paillatus
Binomial name
Sinoascus paillatus
Chen & Zhou, 1997

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


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