Sinoascus

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

Sinoascus paillatus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Chinese Maotianshan shales of Yunnan. 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

Maotianshan shales ctenophores

References

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