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'''''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|last=Chen|first=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|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25427370|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=104|issue=15|pages=6289–6292|issn=0027-8424}}</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.

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

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. ISSN 0027-8424.