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]
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| Genus: | Kailidiscus Zhao et al., 2010
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| Species: | K. chinensis
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| Kailidiscus chinensis Zhao et al., 2010
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References
edit- ^ a b 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".
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