Carinachitidae Explained

Carinachitidae is a family of small shelly fossils identified as cnidarian sclerites based on articulated specimens from the Kuanchuanpu formation.[1]

They grade in morphology to conulariids.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1017/jpa.2017.10. Olivooides-like tube aperture in early Cambrian carinachitids (Medusozoa, Cnidaria). 2018. Han. Jian. Li. Guoxiang. Wang. Xing. Yang. Xiaoguang. Guo. Junfeng. Sasaki. Osamu. Komiya. Tsuyoshi. Journal of Paleontology. 92. 1. 3–13. 2018JPal...92....3H. 134119760.
  2. Carinachitids, Hexangulaconulariids, and Punctatus: Problematic Metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China. 1305866. Morris. Simon Conway. Menge. Chen. Journal of Paleontology. 1992. 66. 3. 384–406. 10.1017/S0022336000033953. 1992JPal...66..384M. 132016444.

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