Stellostomites

Extinct genus of disc-shaped animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Clade:Cambroernida
Class:Eldonioidea
Family:Eldoniidae
Genus:Stellostomites
Sun & Hou 1997
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Stellostomites
Temporal range: Chengjiang
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
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