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Pararotadiscus

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Extinct genus of disc-shaped fossil

Pararotadiscus
Temporal range: Wuliuan PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Ambulacraria
Clade: Cambroernida
Class: Eldonioidea
Family: Rotadiscidae
Genus: Pararotadiscus
Zhao and Zhu, 1994
Species
  • P. guizhouensis

Pararotadiscus is an abundant Eldonioid fossil from the mid-Cambrian, and one of the most abundant taxa in the Kaili biota.

References

  1. Zhao, Yuanlong; Wang, Mingkun; Loduca, Steven T; Yang, Xinglian; Yang, Yuning; Liu, Yujuan; Cheng, Xin (2018). "Paleoecological Significance of Complex Fossil Associations of the Eldonioid Pararotadiscus guizhouensis with other Faunal Members of the Kaili Biota (Stage 5, Cambrian, South China)". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (6): 972–981. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.41. S2CID 133814969.
Taxon identifiers
Pararotadiscus
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