Carinachitidae

Carinachitidae; Temporal range: Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	† Conulata
Order:	† Conularina
Family:	† Carinachitidae ; He, 1987
Genera
	Carinachites Qian, 1977 ; Emeiconularia Qian et al., 1997 ; Pentaconularia ;

Last updated July 04, 2025

Carinachitidae is a family of small shelly fossils identified as cnidarian sclerites based on articulated specimens from the Kuanchuanpu formation.^[2]

They grade in morphology to conulariids.^[3]

References

↑ "Carinachitidae". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 24 May 2022.
↑ Han, Jian; Li, Guoxiang; Wang, Xing; Yang, Xiaoguang; Guo, Junfeng; Sasaki, Osamu; Komiya, Tsuyoshi (2018). "Olivooides-like tube aperture in early Cambrian carinachitids (Medusozoa, Cnidaria)". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 3–13. Bibcode:2018JPal...92....3H. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.10. S2CID 134119760.
↑ Morris, Simon Conway; Menge, Chen (1992). "Carinachitids, Hexangulaconulariids, and Punctatus: Problematic Metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China" . Journal of Paleontology. 66 (3): 384–406. Bibcode:1992JPal...66..384M. doi:10.1017/S0022336000033953. JSTOR 1305866. S2CID 132016444.

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[1] "Carinachitidae". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[2] Han, Jian; Li, Guoxiang; Wang, Xing; Yang, Xiaoguang; Guo, Junfeng; Sasaki, Osamu; Komiya, Tsuyoshi (2018). "Olivooides-like tube aperture in early Cambrian carinachitids (Medusozoa, Cnidaria)". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 3–13. Bibcode:2018JPal...92....3H. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.10. S2CID 134119760.

[3] Morris, Simon Conway; Menge, Chen (1992). "Carinachitids, Hexangulaconulariids, and Punctatus: Problematic Metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China" . Journal of Paleontology. 66 (3): 384–406. Bibcode:1992JPal...66..384M. doi:10.1017/S0022336000033953. JSTOR 1305866. S2CID 132016444.

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