Kailidiscus

Kailidiscus chinensis
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Edrioasteroidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Kailidiscus
Zhao et al., 2010
Species: K. chinensis
Binomial name
Kailidiscus chinensis
Zhao et al., 2010

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderm which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period.[1] It was named by Yuanlong Zhao, Colin D. Sumrall, Ronald L. Parsley and Jin Peng in 2010, and the type and only species is Kailidiscus chinensis.[1]

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