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Extinct family of cnidarians
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Carinachitidae
Temporal range: Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: †Conulata
Order: †Conularina
Family: †Carinachitidae
He, 1987
Genera

Carinachitidae is a family of small shelly fossils identified as cnidarian sclerites based on articulated specimens from the Kuanchuanpu formation.

They grade in morphology to conulariids.

References

  1. "Carinachitidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. Han, Jian; Li, Guoxiang; Wang, Xing; Yang, Xiaoguang; Guo, Junfeng; Sasaki, Osamu; Komiya, Tsuyoshi (2018). "Olivooides-like tube aperture in early Cambrian carinachitids (Medusozoa, Cnidaria)". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 3–13. Bibcode:2018JPal...92....3H. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.10. S2CID 134119760.
  3. Morris, Simon Conway; Menge, Chen (1992). "Carinachitids, Hexangulaconulariids, and Punctatus: Problematic Metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China". Journal of Paleontology. 66 (3): 384–406. Bibcode:1992JPal...66..384M. doi:10.1017/S0022336000033953. JSTOR 1305866. S2CID 132016444.
Taxon identifiers
Carinachitidae
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