Ctenorhabdotus
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| Ctenorhabdotus capulus Temporal range: Mid Cambrian |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Genus: | Ctenorhabdotus |
| Species: | C. capulus |
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| Ctenorhabdotus capulus |
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Ctenorhabdotus capulus is an extinct species of ctenophore (Commonly known as comb jelly), known from the Canadian Burgess shale in British Columbia. It is approximately 510 to 515 million years old and was equipped with 24 comb rows, three times as many as known from modern ctenophores. 5 specimens of Ctenorhabdotus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.[1]
[edit] See also
Two other Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Xanioascus canadensis.
[edit] External links
- "Ctenorhabdotus capulus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=41.
[edit] References
- ^ Caron, J. -B.; Jackson, D. A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–465. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R.
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