Pararotadiscus
Extinct genus of disc-shaped fossil
Pararotadiscus Temporal range: Wuliuan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Superphylum: | Deuterostomia |
Stem group: | Ambulacraria |
Clade: | †Cambroernida |
Family: | †Rotadiscidae |
Genus: | †Pararotadiscus Zhao and Zhu, 1994 |
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Pararotadiscus is an abundant Eldonioid fossil from the mid-Cambrian, and one of the most abundant taxa in the Kaili biota.[1]
References
- ^ Zhao, Yuanlong; Wang, Mingkun; Loduca, Steven T; Yang, Xinglian; Yang, Yuning; Liu, Yujuan; Cheng, Xin (2018). "Paleoecological Significance of Complex Fossil Associations of the Eldonioid Pararotadiscus guizhouensis with other Faunal Members of the Kaili Biota (Stage 5, Cambrian, South China)". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (6): 972–981. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.41. S2CID 133814969.