Yuganotheca

Yuganotheca
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Lophophorata
Genus: †Yuganotheca
Zhang et al., 2014
Species:
†Y. elegans
Binomial name
†Yuganotheca elegans
Zhang et al., 2014

Yuganotheca is an extinct monospecific genus of lophophorates that lived in the Heilinpu Formation during Cambrian Stage 3. Its type and only species is Yuganotheca elegans.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Zhang, Z.-F.; Li, G.-X.; Holmer, L. E.; Brock, G. A.; Balthasar, U.; Skovsted, C. B.; Fu, D.-J.; Zhang, X.-L.; Wang, H.-Z.; Butler, A.; Zhang, Z.-L.; Cao, C.-Q.; Han, J.; Liu, J.-N.; Shu, D.-G. (15 May 2014). "An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters". Scientific Reports. 4 (1) 4682. Bibcode:2014NatSR...4.4682Z. doi:10.1038/srep04682. PMC 4021322. PMID 24828016.