Sinoclavus Duan 1984

Cambroclavida - Zhijinitidae

Alternative spelling: Sinoclaves

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

Parent taxon: Cambroclavitidae according to C. Duan 1984

See also Bengtson 1992 and Kiessling 2008

Sister taxa: Ambarchaeooides, Cambrothyra, Deiradovclavus, Deltaclavus, Isoclavus, Paracarinachites, Pseudoclavus, Tanbaoites, Zhijinites

Subtaxa: Sinoclavus clavatus Sinoclavus flabelliformis Sinoclavus humulis

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Type: Sinoclavus clavatus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Xihaoping Formation, Hubei province (Cambrian of China)

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