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For the genus of snails, see Rotadiscus (gastropod).

Rotadiscus
Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Middle Cambrian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Stem group: Ambulacraria
Clade: †Cambroernida
Family: †Rotadiscidae
Genus: †Rotadiscus

Rotadiscus is a genus of discoidal animal known from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota[2] and classified with the eldoniids.[3]

As with other eldoniids, it was originally thought to have been pelagic, but is now thought to be benthic.

References

  1. ^ CHEN, J-Y.; M-Y. ZHU; G. Q. ZHOU (1995). "The early Cambrian medusiform metazoan Eldonia from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 40: 213–244.
  2. ^ Zhu, M.; Zhao, Yuan-Long; Chen, Jun-Yuan (2002). "Révision des animaux discoïdes cambriens Stellostomites eumorphus et Pararotadiscus guizhouensis de Chine du Sud". Geobios. 35 (2): 165–185. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00025-6.
  3. ^ Caron, J.; Conway Morris, S.; Shu, D.; Soares, D. (2010). Soares, Daphne (ed.). "Tentaculate fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) interpreted as primitive deuterostomes". PLoS ONE. 5 (3): e9586. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.9586C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009586. PMC 2833208. PMID 20221405.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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