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Stellostomites

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Clade:†Cambroernida
Class:†Eldonioidea
Family:†Eldoniidae
Genus:†Stellostomites
Sun & Hou 1997
Stellostomites
Temporal range: Chengjiang
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Fossil specimen (IVPP I0241), Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: †Cambroernida
Class: †Eldonioidea
Family: †Eldoniidae
Genus: †Stellostomites
Sun & Hou 1997
Type species
S. eumorphus
Sun & Hou 1997
Species
  • S. eumorphus Sun & Hou 1997 (=Y. elegans Sun & Hou 1997;
    =?E. eumorpha (Sun & Hou 1997))
Synonyms
  • Yunnanomedusa Sun & Hou 1997
  • ?Eldonia Walcott 1911

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]

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