Biology:Paradoxiconus

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Short description: Extinct genus of problematic fossils

Paradoxiconus
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 2
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Paradoxiconus
Qian et al., 2001
Type species
Paradoxiconus typicalis

Paradoxiconus is a taxon of problematic spine with a smooth tip and a striated and ornamented base,[1][2] known from phosphatic fossils from the middle Meishucunian.[3]

References

  1. Pyle, Leanne J.; Narbonne, Guy M.; Nowlan, Godfrey S.; Xiao, Shuhai; James, Noel P. (2006). "Early Cambrian Metazoan eggs, embryos, and phosphatic microfossils from northwestern Canada". Journal of Paleontology 80 (5): 811–825. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[811:ecmeea2.0.co;2]. 
  2. "Helmet—like Fossils from the Basal Cambrian Phosphoric Strata of China". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40 (4): 486–496. 2001. http://article.geobiology.cn/lunwen/%E6%9C%9F%E5%88%8A%E8%AE%BA%E6%96%87/%E5%AF%92%E6%AD%A6%E7%B3%BB/017/%E6%88%91%E5%9B%BD%E5%AF%92%E6%AD%A6%E7%B3%BB%E5%BA%95%E9%83%A8%E5%90%AB%E7%A3%B7%E5%B2%A9%E7%B3%BB%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E6%A3%98%E7%81%B0%E7%8A%B6%E5%8C%96%E7%9F%B3.pdf.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  3. Li, G.; Steiner, M.; Zhu, X.; Yang, A.; Wang, H.; Erdtmann, B. D. (2007). "Early Cambrian metazoan fossil record of South China: Generic diversity and radiation patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254: 229–249. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16964242 entry