Biology:Sinoascus

Short description: Extinct genus of comb jellies

Sinoascus Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Ctenophora
Genus:	†Sinoascus Chen & Zhou, 1997
Species:	†S. paillatus
Binomial name
†Sinoascus paillatus Chen & Zhou, 1997

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.

Fossil specimens are poorly preserved, providing little details, if any at all, about the anatomy of the comb rows.

See also

Burgess shale ctenophores

• Fasciculus vesanus
• Ctenorhabdotus capulus
• Xanioascus canadensis

Maotianshan shales ctenophores

• Maotianoascus octonarius
• Stromatoveris psygmoglena

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16977659 entry