Sinoascus
Sinoascus paillatus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Maotianshan shales of Yunnan, China. It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata.
| Sinoascus | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Genus: | †Sinoascus Chen & Zhou, 1997 |
| Species: | †S. paillatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sinoascus paillatus Chen & Zhou, 1997 | |
Fossil specimens are poorly preserved, providing little details, if any at all, about the anatomy of the comb rows.
See also
Burgess shale ctenophores
Maotianshan shales ctenophores
References
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