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| Xanioascus Temporal range: 515–505 Ma 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: | †Xanioascus Conway Morris & Collins, 1996 |
| Species: | †X. canadensis |
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| †Xanioascus canadensis Conway Morris & Collins, 1996 | |
Xanioascus canadensis is an extinct ctenophore, known from the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. The species, which is about 515 to 505 million years old, had 24 comb rows - in contrast to all modern forms which have only 8.
Other important Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Ctenorhabdotus capulus.
References
External links
- "Xanioascus canadensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
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| Xanioascus | |
| Xanioascus canadensis | |
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