Stellostomites

Stellostomites; Temporal range: Chengjiang PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil specimen (IVPP I0241), Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Eldonioidea
Family:	Eldoniidae
Genus:	Stellostomites

Last updated May 28, 2025

Stellostomites is a discoidal animal known from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota.^[1] It is classified with the eldoniids, and considered a junior synonym of Eldonia by some authors.^[2]

References

↑ Zhu, M.; Zhao, Yuan-Long; Chen, Jun-Yuan (2002). "Révision des animaux discoïdes cambriens Stellostomites eumorphus et Pararotadiscus guizhouensis de Chine du Sud". Geobios. 35 (2): 165–185. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00025-6.
↑ Schroeder, Natalie I.; Paterson, John R.; Brock, Glenn A. (2018). "Eldonioids with associated trace fossils from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia" . Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 80–86. Bibcode:2018JPal...92...80S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.6. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 197586878.

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[1] Zhu, M.; Zhao, Yuan-Long; Chen, Jun-Yuan (2002). "Révision des animaux discoïdes cambriens Stellostomites eumorphus et Pararotadiscus guizhouensis de Chine du Sud". Geobios. 35 (2): 165–185. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00025-6.

[2] Schroeder, Natalie I.; Paterson, John R.; Brock, Glenn A. (2018). "Eldonioids with associated trace fossils from the lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia" . Journal of Paleontology. 92 (1): 80–86. Bibcode:2018JPal...92...80S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.6. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 197586878.

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