Kailidiscus
| Kailidiscus chinensis | |
|---|---|
| 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 echinoderms 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]
References
- 1 2 Yuanlong Zhao; Colin D. Sumrall; Ronald L. Parsley; Jin Peng (2010). "Kailidiscus, a new plesiomorphic edrioasteroid from the basal Middle Cambrian Kaili Biota of Guizhou Province, China". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (4): 668–680. doi:10.1666/09-159.1.
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