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Kailidiscus chinensis
Taxonomy
Kailidiscus chinensis was named by Zhao et al. (2010). Its type specimen is GM 3428 and is a mold. Its type locality is Miaobanpo (fossil) Quarry, Kaili Biota, Balang, which is in a Taijangian offshore shale/siltstone in the Kaili Formation of China. It is the type species of Kailidiscus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Kailidiscus chinensis Zhao et al. p. 675 figs. 1.5, 4, 6-8 |
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†Kailidiscus chinensis Zhao et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Y.-L. Zhao et al. 2010 | Plesiomorphic edrioasteroid grade echinoderm bearing five wide, clockwise curving ambulacra with exposed quadruserial floor plates bearing four rows of podial pores; abradial floor plates broadly exposed; multitiered ambulacral cover plates, inflated theca with imbricate pedunculate zone; unplated dorsal surface; separate hydropore and gonopore pyramids excluded from oral frame; and large irregularly plated periproct offset to the posterior left CD interambulacrum. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Taijangian | China (Guizhou) | Kailidiscus chinensis (type locality: 193760) |