| Kailidiscus chinensis Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| 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. 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. It bears close resemblance to the Burgess Shale fossil Walcottidiscus.
References
- ^ 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. S2CID 129994021.
- "Walcottidiscus typicalis".
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Kailidiscus | |
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