Fangxianites petalinus Duan 1984

Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae

Full reference: C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188

Belongs to Fangxianites according to C. Duan 1984

Sister taxa: Chancelloria arida, Chancelloria coronacea, Chancelloria eros, Chancelloria iranica, Chancelloria obliqua, Chancelloria odontodes, Chancelloria pentacta, Chancelloria primaria, Chancelloria racemifundis, Chancelloria sardinica, Chancelloria simmetrica, Chancelloria spinulosa, Chancelloria symmetrica, Actinoites diclinatus, Actinoites simplex, Actinoites tetractina, Actinoites universalis, Fangxianites schizolomus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Fangxianites petalinus in the database

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