Helicocystis

Helicocystis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Stem group: Echinodermata
Family: †
Genus: †
Species:
†H. moroccoensis
Binomial name
†Helicocystis moroccoensis
Smith & Zamora, 2013[1]

Helicocystis is a stalked, spiralling pentaradial echinoderm known from the Cambrian Jbel Wawrmast Formation.

References

  1. ^ Smith, A. B.; Zamora, S. (2013). "Cambrian spiral-plated echinoderms from Gondwana reveal the earliest pentaradial body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1765): 20131197. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1197. PMC 3712455. PMID 23804624.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.