Full reference: Y.-L. Zhao, C. D. Sumrall, R. L. Parsley and J. Peng. 2010. Kailidiscus, a new plesiomorphic edrioasteroid from the basal Middle Cambrian Kaili biota of Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 84(4):668-680
Parent taxon: Edrioasteroidea according to C. D. Sumrall and S. Zamora 2011
See also Zhao et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aragocystites, Camptostroma, Cyathocystida, Cyathothecidae, Edrioasterida, Edrioblastoida, Hemicystitidae, Isorophida, Isorophina, Isorophinidae, Pyrgocystidae, Stromatocystitida, Stromatocystitidae, Yorkicystitidae
Subtaxa: Kailidiscus chinensis
Type: Kailidiscus chinensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Miaobanpo (fossil) Quarry, Kaili Biota, Balang (Cambrian of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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