| Sinoascus Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Genus: | †Sinoascus Chen & Zhou, 1997 |
| Species: | †S. paillatus |
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| †Sinoascus paillatus Chen & Zhou, 1997 | |
Sinoascus paillatus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. 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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| Sinoascus | |
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