Kailidiscus

<i>Kailidiscus</i>

Kailidiscus

Extinct genus of marine invertebrates

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderms which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period.[1] 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.[1] It bears close resemblance to the Burgess Shale fossil Walcottidiscus.[2]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...

References

  1. [1]
    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): 668โ€“680. doi:10.1666/09-159.1. S2CID 129994021.
  2. [2]
    "Walcottidiscus typicalis".


Stub icon

This prehistoric echinoderm-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kailidiscus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.