Kailidiscus

Kailidiscus is an extinct genus of echinoderms which existed in what is now China during the Middle Cambrian period.[1] It was named by Yuanlong Zhao, Colin D. Sumrall, Ronald L. Parsley and Jin Peng in 2010, and the type and only species is Kailidiscus chinensis.[1]

Kailidiscus chinensis
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Edrioasteroidea
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Kailidiscus

Zhao et al., 2010
Species:
K. chinensis
Binomial name
Kailidiscus chinensis
Zhao et al., 2010

References
  1. Yuanlong Zhao; Colin D. Sumrall; Ronald L. Parsley; Jin Peng (2010). "Kailidiscus, a new plesiomorphic edrioasteroid from the basal Middle Cambrian Kaili Biota of Guizhou Province, China". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (4): 668โ€“680. doi:10.1666/09-159.1.


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