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Extinct genus of comb jellies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maotianoascus octonarius is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Chinese Maotianshan shales of Yunnan.[1] It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata.
Maotianoascus Temporal range: | |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | †Scleroctenophora |
Genus: | †Maotianoascus Chen & Zhou, 1997 |
Species: | †M. octonarius |
Binomial name | |
†Maotianoascus octonarius Chen & Zhou, 1997 | |
The species is remarkable for its set of eight massive lobes.