Ctenorhabdotus

Ctenorhabdotus
Ctenorhabdotus capulus
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Genus: Ctenorhabdotus
Species: C. capulus
Binomial name
Ctenorhabdotus capulus

Ctenorhabdotus capulus is an extinct species of ctenophore (Commonly known as comb jelly), known from the Canadian Burgess shale in British Columbia. It is approximately 510 to 515 million years old and was equipped with 24 comb rows, three times as many as known from modern ctenophores. 5 specimens of Ctenorhabdotus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.[1]


See also

Two other Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Xanioascus canadensis.

References

  1. ^ Caron, J. -B.; Jackson, D. A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–465. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R.  edit


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