Scleroctenophora
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Maotianoascus octonarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: †Scleroctenophora
Genera
  • †Batofasciculus
  • †Galeactena
  • †Gemmactena
  • †Thaumactena
  • †Maotianoascus

Scleroctenophora is an extinct class of stem group ctenophores, known from the Chinese Maotianshan shales of Yunnan.[1] It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata. Scleroctenophorans are easily distinguished from other ctenophores by the presence of an internal skeleton that supports the body.[2]

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleroctenophora †". www.marinespecies.org. Archived from the original on 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. ^ Ou, Qiang; Xiao, Shuhai; Han, Jian; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Fang; Zhang, Zhifei; Shu, Degan (2015). "A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies". Science Advances. 1 (6): e1500092. Bibcode:2015SciA....1E0092O. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500092. PMC 4646772. PMID 26601209.


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