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Xanioascus
Extinct genus of comb jellies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Xanioascus | |
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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 | |
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Other important Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Ctenorhabdotus capulus.