Xanioascus canadensis

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iXanioascus canadensis
Fossil range: Mid Cambrian
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Genus: Xanioascus
Species: X. canadensis
Binomial name
Xanioascus canadensis

Xanioascus canadensis is an extinct ctenophore, known from the Canadian Burgess Shale in British Columbia. The species which is about 512 million years old had 24 comb rows - in contrast to all modern forms which have only 8.

Other important Cambrian ctenophore fossils are Fasciculus vesanus and Ctenorhabdotus capulus.

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