Dinomischidae

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Dinomischidae
Temporal range:
Cambrian Stage 3–Miaolingian [1]
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Possible middle Frasnian record if Daihuoides is a member of this family [2] [3] [4]
USNM PAL 198735 Dinomischus isolatus.jpg
Dinomischus isolatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Stem group: Ctenophora
Family: Dinomischidae
Conway Morris, 1977 [1]
Type genus
Dinomischus [1]
Conway Morris, 1977
Other genera [1] [2] [3] [5]

Dinomischidae is an extinct family [1] of stem-group ctenophores [9] that lived from Cambrian Stage 3 to the Miaolingian, [1] and possibly until the middle Frasnian if the genus Daihuoides is a member of this family. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dinomischidae in the Paleobiology Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 Klug, Christian; Kerr, Johanne; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Cloutier, Richard (24 September 2021). "A late-surviving stem-ctenophore from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Canada)". Scientific Reports . 11 (1) 19039. Nature Portfolio. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1119039K. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98362-5 . ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   8463547 . PMID   34561497.
  3. 1 2 3 Parry, Luke A.; Lerosey-Aubril, Rudy; Coleman, Robert; Mouro, Lucas Del; Gaines, Robert R.; Skabelund, Jacob; Weaver, James C.; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (31 December 2025). "The oldest diverse jellyfish fauna reinterpreted as sessile polypoid dinomischids (stem-group Ctenophora)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 23 (1). Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Natural History Museum, London. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2025.2545834 .
  4. Klug, Christian; Lee, Mike; Cloutier, Richard (3 October 2021). "Finding a rare fossilized comb jelly reveals new gaps in the fossil record". The Conversation. doi: 10.64628/AAM.spgpjqvde .
  5. 1 2 Kimmig, Julien; Nanglu, Karma; Jamison, Paul G. (2025). "A problematic soft-bodied fossil from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Wuliuan) of Utah". Geological Magazine . 162. Cambridge University Press. Bibcode:2025GeoM..162E..37K. doi: 10.1017/S0016756825100265 . e37.
  6. Calathites in the Paleobiology Database
  7. Daihua in the Paleobiology Database
  8. Xianguangia in the Paleobiology Database
  9. Zhao, Yang; Vinther, Jakob; Parry, Luke A.; Wei, Fan; Green, Emily; Pisani, Davide; Hou, Xianguang; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Cong, Peiyun (2019-04-01). "Cambrian Sessile, Suspension Feeding Stem-Group Ctenophores and Evolution of the Comb Jelly Body Plan". Current Biology. 29 (7): 1112–1125.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.036. hdl: 1983/40a6bcb8-a740-482c-a23c-7d563faea5c5 . ISSN   0960-9822. PMID   30905603. S2CID   84844387.