Biology:Fasciculus
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Short description: Extinct genus of comb jellies
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Genus: | †Fasciculus Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1978 |
| Species: | †F. vesanus
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| †Fasciculus vesanus Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1978
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Fasciculus vesanus is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophores known from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. It is dated to 515 to 505 million years ago and belongs to middle Cambrian strata.[1]
The species is remarkable for its two sets of long and short comb rows, not seen in similar form elsewhere in the fossil record or among modern species.
See also
- Ctenorhabdotus capulus
- Xanioascus canadensis
Maotianshan shales ctenophores
- Maotianoascus octonarius
- Sinoascus paillatus
- Stromatoveris psygmoglena
References
- ↑ S. Conway Morris & D. H. Collins (1996). "Middle Cambrian ctenophores from the Stephen Formation, British Columbia, Canada". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 351 (1337): 243–360. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0024.
External links
- "Fasciculus vesanus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=53.
Wikidata ☰ Q1397368 entry
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