Kailidiscus Explained

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderms which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period.[1] It was named by Yuanlong Zhao, Colin D. Sumrall, Ronald L. Parsley and Jin Peng in 2010, and the type and only species is Kailidiscus chinensis.[1] It bears close resemblance to the Burgess Shale fossil Walcottidiscus.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Yuanlong Zhao . Colin D. Sumrall . Ronald L. Parsley . Jin Peng . 2010 . Kailidiscus, a new plesiomorphic edrioasteroid from the basal Middle Cambrian Kaili Biota of Guizhou Province, China . . 84 . 4 . 668–680 . 10.1666/09-159.1. 129994021 .
  2. Web site: Walcottidiscus typicalis .

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