Kailidiscus

Kailidiscus chinensis; Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

Last updated August 13, 2025

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] It bears close resemblance to the Burgess Shale fossil Walcottidiscus .^[2]

References

1 2 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): 668–680. Bibcode:2010JPal...84..668Z. doi:10.1666/09-159.1. S2CID 129994021.
↑ "Walcottidiscus typicalis".

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[Zhao_et_al.-1] 1 2 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): 668–680. Bibcode:2010JPal...84..668Z. doi:10.1666/09-159.1. S2CID 129994021.

[2] "Walcottidiscus typicalis".

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