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Scleroctenophora

Taxonomy

Scleroctenophora was named by Ou et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Ctenophora by Ou et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Batofasciculus, Galeactena, Gemmactena, Maotianoascus, Thaumactena, Trigoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2015	Scleroctenophora Ou et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Eumetazoa
—	Triploblastica

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Ctenophora	Eschscholtz 1829
class	Scleroctenophora
class	Scleroctenophora

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cl. †Scleroctenophora Ou et al. 2015

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G. †Batofasciculus Hou et al. 1999

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†Batofasciculus ramificans Hou et al. 1999

G. †Galeactena Ou et al. 2015

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†Galeactena hemispherica Ou et al. 2015

G. †Gemmactena Ou et al. 2015

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†Gemmactena actinala Ou et al. 2015

G. †Maotianoascus Chen and Zhou 1997

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†Maotianoascus octonarius Chen and Zhou 1997

G. †Thaumactena Ou et al. 2015

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†Thaumactena ensis Ou et al. 2015

G. †Trigoides Luo et al. 1999

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†Trigoides aclis Luo et al. 1999

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Life habit:

nektonicp

Diet:

carnivorep

Created:

2009-09-21 12:58:54

Modified:

2009-09-21 14:58:54

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian	538.8 - 506.5	China (Yunnan)	Batofasciculus ramificans (225161) Batofasciculus ramificans, Galeactena hemispherica (225156) Galeactena hemispherica (225157)
Atdabanian	521.0 - 516.0	China (Yunnan)	Batofasciculus ramificans, Maotianoascus octonarius, Gemmactena actinala (225162) Batofasciculus sp. (86929) Trigoides aclis (68083)
Stage 3	521.0 - 514.5	China (Yunnan)	Batofasciculus ramificans, Maotianoascus octonarius, Trigoides aclis, Gemmactena actinala, Thaumactena ensis (225155)