Kailidiscus

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]

Kailidiscus chinensis
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Kailidiscus

Zhao et al., 2010
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K. chinensis
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Kailidiscus chinensis
Zhao et al., 2010

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