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{{Short description|Extinct genus of comb jellies}}
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{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cambrian Stage 3}}
| name = ''Maotianoascus octonarius''
| image = Maotianoascus octanarius.JPG
| image = Maotianoascus octanarius.JPG
| image_caption = Artist's reconstruction
| image_caption = Artist's reconstruction
| parent_authority = Chen & Zhou, 1997
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cambrian Stage 3}}
| taxon = Maotianoascus octonarius
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = Chen & Zhou, 1997
| phylum = [[Ctenophora]]
| genus = '''''Maotianoascus'''''
| genus_authority =
| species = '''''M. octonarius'''''
| binomial = ''Maotianoascus octonarius''
| binomial_authority =
}}
}}

'''''Maotianoascus octonarius''''' is an extinct species of [[stem group|stem-group]] [[Ctenophora|ctenophore]], known from the Chinese [[Maotianshan shales]] of [[Yunnan]]. It is dated to [[Cambrian Stage 3]] and belongs to late Early [[Cambrian]] strata.
'''''Maotianoascus octonarius''''' is an extinct species of [[stem group|stem-group]] [[Ctenophora|ctenophore]], known from the Chinese [[Maotianshan shales]] of [[Yunnan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chen|first1=Jun-Yuan|last2=Schopf|first2=J. William|last3=Bottjer|first3=David J.|last4=Zhang|first4=Chen-Yu|last5=Kudryavtsev|first5=Anatoliy B.|last6=Tripathi|first6=Abhishek B.|last7=Wang|first7=Xiu-Qiang|last8=Yang|first8=Yong-Hua|last9=Gao|first9=Xiang|date=2007|title=Raman Spectra of a Lower Cambrian Ctenophore Embryo from Southwestern Shaanxi, China|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=104|issue=15|pages=6289–6292|issn=0027-8424|jstor=25427370|doi=10.1073/pnas.0701246104|pmid=17404242|pmc=1847456|bibcode=2007PNAS..104.6289C|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is dated to [[Cambrian Stage 3]] and belongs to late Early [[Cambrian]] strata.


The species is remarkable for its set of eight massive lobes.
The species is remarkable for its set of eight massive lobes.

==See also==
===[[Burgess shale]] ctenophores===
*''[[Fasciculus vesanus]]''
*''[[Ctenorhabdotus capulus]]''
*''[[Xanioascus canadensis]]''
===[[Maotianshan shales]] ctenophores===
**''[[Sinoascus paillatus]]''
**''[[Stromatoveris psygmoglena]]''

==External links==


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Fossil Ctenophores]]

[[Category:Maotianshan shales fossils]]
[[Category:Maotianshan shales fossils]]
[[Category:Monotypic animal genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic ctenophore genera]]
[[Category:Prehistoric ctenophore genera]]




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Revision as of 04:33, 11 April 2022

Maotianoascus
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Scleroctenophora
Genus: Maotianoascus
Chen & Zhou, 1997
Species:
M. octonarius
Binomial name
Maotianoascus octonarius
Chen & Zhou, 1997

Maotianoascus octonarius is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophore, known from the Chinese Maotianshan shales of Yunnan.[1] It is dated to Cambrian Stage 3 and belongs to late Early Cambrian strata.

The species is remarkable for its set of eight massive lobes.

References

  1. ^ Chen, Jun-Yuan; Schopf, J. William; Bottjer, David J.; Zhang, Chen-Yu; Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B.; Tripathi, Abhishek B.; Wang, Xiu-Qiang; Yang, Yong-Hua; Gao, Xiang (2007). "Raman Spectra of a Lower Cambrian Ctenophore Embryo from Southwestern Shaanxi, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (15): 6289–6292. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.6289C. doi:10.1073/pnas.0701246104. ISSN 0027-8424. JSTOR 25427370. PMC 1847456. PMID 17404242.